Foreign Policy

 

 


"We do need a [foreign] policy based on long-range principles, i.e., an ideology."

 

"[We need a] radically different foreign policy, a policy explicitly and proudly dedicated to the defense of America's rights and national self-interests, repudiating foreign aid and all forms of international self-immolation."

 

Ayn Rand (1967) ["The Wreckage of the Consensus," CUI, 227.]

 

Featured Book

 

The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest

By Peter Schwartz

 

 

Featured Article

 

"End States Who Sponsor Terrorism"

By Leonard Peikoff

October 2, 2001

 

 

Op-Eds

 

Our Self-crippled Policy Encouraged the Deadly Embassy Attacks [Foxnews.com]

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Galt Goes Global [Foreignpolicy.com]

Did Paul Ryan take his foreign policy from Ayn Rand?

What We Owe Our Soldiers

Religious Constitution Invites Blasphemy Death Sentence

"Pressuring" Iran While Ahmedinijad Strolls the Red Carpet

Iraq's Failing Government

Not Attacking Iran Would Be Catastrophic

Immoral Rules of Engagement

The Saudi Arms Deal and Our Addiction to American Sacrifice

U.S. Negotiates with Iran, Iran Wins

How to Stop Iran?

Hostages of Iran

The Iran Evasion

What Real War Looks Like

America's self-defense should not be left at the mercy of the United Nations

North Korea's Power Over the West

The Terrorists' Motivation: Islam

Their attempt to practice religion consistently explains the terrorists' actions.

Why We Are Losing Hearts and Minds

Our leaders have failed to answer the evil moral ideal of Islamic totalitarianism with a rational ideal of our own.

The Indispensable Condition of Peace

Only when the initiators of force learn that their actions lead to their own destruction, will peace be possible in the Middle East.

The U.S.-Israeli Suicide Pact

Diplomacy Only Encourages North Korea's Belligerence

Western "diplomacy" has strengthened North Korea

Washington's Failed War in Afghanistan

Washington's Pro-Hamas Foreign Policy

America's appeasing foreign policy encouraged Hamas

The Fear to Speak Comes to America's Shores

If the government does not protect our freedom of speech by force, America will join Europe's climate of self-censorship.

Religious Terrorism vs. Free Speech

Muslim death threats against Danish cartoonists echo Khomeini's 1989 fatwa on Salman Rushdie--a death threat renewed this month by Iran's mullahs. Combating such religious terrorism is a moral necessity.

The Cartoon Jihad: Free Speech in the Balance

We must uncompromisingly defend the right to freedom of speech.

The Injustice of Saddam's Trial

By granting Hussein a trial, justice is perverted.

Death to "Diplomacy" with Iran

European "diplomacy" with Iran--now supported by Washington--is self-destructive.

The Advent of Freedom?

The proposed Iraqi constitution will not bring freedom to Iraq or security to America.

The Foreign Policy of Guilt

Until the West asserts its moral right to exist, we will not be safe from Islamic totalitarianism.

The UN's "Virtue" Is Its Vice

The UN's vaunted neutrality props up evil regimes.

"Muslim Opinion" Be Damned

America's attempts to appease "Muslim opinion" are depraved and suicidal.

The Perversity of U.S. Backing for the Gaza Retreat

America's support for the Gaza withdrawal is morally corrupt.

Israel's Deadly Appeasement Process Continues

The Gaza withdrawal is a deadly act of appeasement toward Israel's committed enemies.

Fight the Root of Terrorism With Bombs, Not Bread

America should redouble and refocus its military action, not increase its foreign aid, if it wants to attack the "root cause" of terrorism.

Betraying the Real Freedom Fighters

It is a gross injustice that America endorses a sovereign Palestinian state--but shuns Taiwan's claim to independence.

Bush's Betrayal of America: The Iraqi Elections

The Iraqi election will bring neither freedom to Iraq nor security to America.

America's Compassion in Iraq Is Self-Destructive

Fighting a compassionate war is immoral; it is costing the lives of American soldiers in Iraq and emboldening our enemies throughout the Islamic world.

Faith and Force

Because religion in politics is incompatible with liberty, weakening the church-state separation promotes the very evil we are fighting in our war against Islamic totalitarianism.

Arafat's Undeserved Honor: The West's Shame

Were he judged properly, Arafat would long ago have been dealt the punishment he deserved.

World Opinion Be Damned

America's attempts to appease "world opinion" are depraved and suicidal.

America's Compassion in Iraq Is Self-Destructive

Fighting a compassionate war is immoral; it is costing the lives of American soldiers in Iraq and emboldening our enemies throughout the Islamic world.

American Appeasement in Iraq

The way to avoid a disaster in Iraq is to stop apologizing for our presence, and to start forcefully asserting our principle of individual freedom.

Diverting the Blame for 9/11

Sept. 11 could have been prevented only by having a principled foreign policy.

The U.S. Must Stop Undermining Israel's War on Terrorism

For the same reason that we reversed our policy of appeasement after September 11 and began defending ourselves with force, we should allow and encourage Israel to do the same.

The Timid War on Terrorism

Despite America's military prowess, she is not winning the war.

Don't Blame Our Intelligence Agencies--Blame Our Unprincipled Foreign Policy

Sept. 11 could have been prevented only by having a principled foreign policy.

Foreign Policy and Self-Interest

A foreign policy based solely on America's self-interest is not simply practical, but moral--which is why any "humanitarian" mission, such as the proposed campaign in Liberia, is a moral crime.

Stop Apologizing for Civilian Casualties

The administration's policy of minimizing harm to civilians is an unwarranted confession of guilt about waging a war strictly to safeguard America.

Innocents in War?

As a free nation, we have the moral right to defend ourselves, even if this requires mass civilian casualties in terrorist countries.

In Defense of the Cowboy

If America fully embraces the cowboy's wisdom and courage, then the Islamic terrorists and the regimes that support them had better run for cover.

War and Morality

Mr. Bush's policy toward Hussein is doomed to failure because it refuses to evaluate the conflict with Iraq in moral terms.

Thinking It Alone

Those who complain about American "unilateralism" toward Iraq want to sacrifice America's independent, rational judgment to the collective wishes of other nations.

The Betrayal of the Bush Doctrine

One year after his speech to Congress, President Bush has failed to fight a real war on terrorism.

America Is Not Winning the War

Intellectual and moral uncertainty has undercut America's "War on Terrorism."

The Immorality of a "Compassionate War" on Terrorism

The United States must wage a ruthless--not a charitable--war against her enemies.

 

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Letters to the Editor

Looking for Allies

Colombia Doesn't Need a Free-trade Agreement to Get Rid of its Self-destructive Tariffs

Poverty Causes Terrorism?

Bush Gets Rights Wrong at UN Speech

Not Attacking Iran Would Be Catastrophic

The Foiled Terror Plots in Germany and Denmark

Immoral Rules of Engagement

An Illegitimate Standard of "Legitimacy"

Attack on Iran Consistent with Ayn Rand's Philosophy

Terrorists are Motivated by their Religious Ideology

Attacking Iran Is Not an "Act of Madness"

Islamists Are Motivated by Their Beliefs

Bush Should Protect American Assets in Venezuela

Sanctions Against Iran Won't Work

Airport Security Won't Give Us National Security

Our Carry-On Luggage Is Not the Real Problem

NO Restraint Against Islamic Totalitarians

Israel Should Escalate War Against Hezbollah

World Leaders Should Support Israel's Offensive

Lebanon's Government Has No Legitimacy

There Is No Need for an Endless Global Conflict

Israel Should Wage a Real War

Israel Should Wage War on Palestinians

No Incentives for Iran

Israel Should Not Apologize for Targeting Terrorists

Hussein Deserves No Regular Trial

U.S. Should Urge Israel to Eradicate the Threat from the Palestinians

Israel Must Commit to Victory Over the Palestinians

U.S. Is Right To Cut Aid To Palestinian Government

South Park and the Muhammad Cartoons

Borders' Capitulation is a Victory for Islamic Totalitarians

UN Security Council Abets Iran's Nuclear Program

Canada is Right to Suspend All Assistance to the Palestinian Authority

Bush's Pursuit of Democracy Can't Bring Freedom to Anyone

Western Nations Should Not Tolerate Calls for the Murder of Their Citizens

Spreading Democracy in the Middle East Is Suicidal

State Department vs. Free Speech

End the Jihad Against Free Speech

Do Not Apologize for Cartoons of Mohammad

Palestinians' Vote Will Not Bring Them Freedom

Eliminate the Iranian Threat

US Should Not Count On UN To Stop Iran

Stop the Negotiations with Iran and Start the Military Campaign

Withdraw or Stay the Course in Iraq? Neither.

UN Should Not Control the Internet

Dissolve the United Nations

U.S. Should Eliminate All Barriers to Free Trade

War on Terrorism Has Yet to Be Waged

No Apologies for Hiroshima and Nagasaki

U.S. Must Stop Iran from Developing Nuclear Weapons

G8 Aids Terrorism

From the Camel's Mouth

U.S. Should Welcome Cuban Escapees

Oriana Fallaci and Freedom of Speech

U.S. Should Support Taiwan's Independence

Kick the U.N. out of New York

Moral Courage Needed to Win the War

Good Riddance Arafat!

Arafat Deserves Execution Not Natural Death

Our Irrational Enemies and their Sympathizers

Do Not to Negotiate with Iran's Mullahs--Eliminate Them

Use of Force Against Iran Should Not Be Excluded

Failure to Prevent 9/11 Not a Lack of Imagination but of Cognition

9/11 Commission Right About Preemption

Iran Now Presents the Greater Danger

U.N.'s Moral Bankruptcy Is Exemplified by Sudan

U.S. Should Get Out of the U.N.

The Apprentice Concretizes the American Dream

Draft Negates the Right to Life

Israel's Targeted Killing of Hamas Leader Justified

Israel's Targeted Killing of Sheikh Yassin Justified

The Urgent Need for Preemption

Israel's Enemies Are America's Enemies

New Iraqi Constitution Must Separate State and Islam

Afghan Constitution Should Include Separation of State and Religion

U.S. Should not Help Victims of Iran's Earthquake

Is Bush Financing Hatred Against America?

Democrats Couldn't Care Less About America's Security

Powell Recommends Appeasement Towards Terrorism

Kill--Don't Expel--Arafat

Palestinian Terrorists Are America's Enemies

What the Terrorist Attacks in Israel and Iraq Prove

U.S. Shouldn't Force Religious Freedom on Iraqis

Bush's Misguided Criticism of Israel's Security Fence

Antitrust in Europe

Bush Wrong on Release of Palestinian Terrorists

Palestinian Culture Is a Culture of Death

Why Leftists Favor and Conservatives Meekly Oppose Going to Liberia

U.S. Should Not Send Back Cuban Refugees

U.S. Has No Moral Obligation to Send Troops to Liberia

Where Are the Peaceniks When We Need Them?

Support General Strike in Iran

America's--and Iran's--Independence Day

What to Do with Hamas

If Necessary Use Force Against Iran

No Moral Equivalency Between Israelis and Palestinians

Palestinians' Reaction to Road Map

Road Map Is a Mistake

U.S. Should Not Spend Money to Fight AIDS Abroad


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