India is beginning to learn what Israel has learned, brutally, over the past year: the U.S. State Department loves to betray our friends. It is now more than a week since Pakistan-backed Islamic terrorists shot up the Indian Parliament in New Delhi, killing 12 people...
Foreign Policy
The essence of capitalism’s foreign policy is free trade—i.e., the abolition of trade barriers, of protective tariffs, of special privileges—the opening of the world’s trade routes to free international exchange and competition among the private citizens of all countries dealing directly with one another. During the nineteenth century, it was free trade that liberated the world, undercutting and wrecking the remnants of feudalism and the statist tyranny of absolute monarchies. – AYN RAND
America’s “Soft-Hearted,” Soft-Headed Foreign Policy
Former President Clinton has just received another fitting addition to his legacy. Two years ago, he sent U.S. troops to Kosovo to protect ethnic Albanians against attacks by Serbia. Now our troops are stuck trying to protect Macedonia against attacks by these very...
Condoleezza Rice Has It Wrong: America Needs Pride Not Humility in Foreign Affairs
Bush’s new national security advisor, Condoleezza Rice, says that the new administration will combine “humility with strength” in foreign affairs. Why should America be humble? We should be proud of who we are and what we have been able to...
U.S. Foreign Policy towards India Should Not Compromise U.S. Security
America and India share the distinction of being the world’s largest “democracies.” Yet relations between the two countries have been unsteady and will need executive attention if they are to improve. A major stumbling block to relations in recent...
Moral Inversion in the Middle East
Israel should never have engaged in peace talks with a man who has repeatedly called for its destruction, and who has actively planned, led and participated in terrorist attacks that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of its citizens.
The Importance of Principles in Foreign Policy, the Economy, and Political Change
Joseph Kellard for Capitalism Magazine: What is your assessment of President Clinton’s foreign policy in the Balkans? Tracinski: Well, to start with, I think his so-called victory in the recent Kosovo conflict is really an unmitigated disaster. First, we ended...
Iraq: The Wrong War
President Clinton’s air strike against Iraq is more than geographically misguided. Clinton is fighting the wrong country for the wrong reasons. Because he “doesn’t want to take sides,” Clinton has launched missiles and flown patrols well away...
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