Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

The killing of Benazir Bhutto has made foreign policy issues in the 2008 U.S. election starkly clear.

There’s no need to be defensive; the president made a good call on bin Laden, but his courage in that instance pales next to a record that includes his embrace of American decline, his fear of American leadership, his degradation of the military (and not just the Navy, as the Romney campaign appears to think).

The SARS epidemic is literally suffocating Asia. Surgical masks and fear are further stifling Hong Kong's once-booming economy. Tourism has come to a halt, causing airline industries to lose millions a day. And riots in China are revealing that the virus is affecting more than the markets.

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to China this week for yearly strategic consultations, a daring bid for political asylum has highlighted the seething dissent beneath China’s surface stability.

Our enemies read U.S. indifference as a green light to join Chávez’s conspiracy, and our friends believe that we do not know or do not care what is happening in Latin America.

Just like the leaders of the civil rights movement, Russia's activists seek to effect vast political and social change by personal and deeply moral effort fueled from within.

We should educate people about their rights, teach consistently about the creation of political parties, work to free political prisoners and build the foundations of freedom.