Foreign Policy - The New American

How — and Why — Obama Kept a Jailed Yemeni Journalist From Being Pardoned

A journalist is arrested, convicted by a kangaroo court, and imprisoned because he reports stories embarrassing to the government under which he lives....

Michael Tennant March 16, 2012

Senator McCain Advocates War Against Syria

Raven Clabough March 16, 2012

Though two-thirds of Americans are opposed to American military intervention in Syria, and despite the lack of constitutional authority to intervene in Syria,...

Afghan President Wants Accelerated U.S. Withdrawal

Jack Kenny March 16, 2012

The President of Afghanistan has called for U.S. troop presence in his country to be limited to American military bases by 2013, insisting...

Murder of Civilians Puts Further Strain on U.S-Afghan Relations

Jack Kenny March 12, 2012

A U.S. Army staff sergeant is in military custody following a gruesome shooting spree in rural villages of Afghanistan Sunday that killed at...

Possible U.S. Involvement in Covert Warfare in Syria

Raven Clabough March 7, 2012

Syria's civil war and its brutal treatment of dissidents have been prime topics in the mainstream media for months, provoking some U.S. officials...

Leaked E-mails Suggest bin Laden Not Buried at Sea

Michael Tennant March 5, 2012

According to the official version of events promulgated by the Obama administration, after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden, his body was flown...

McCain Urges War on Syria

Charles Scaliger March 5, 2012

The dogs of war are straining at the leash once again. Senator John McCain, who never met a military intervention he didn’t like,...

U.S. Aid to Egypt Likely to Continue As NGO Tensions Ease

Alex Newman March 1, 2012

As the conflict over U.S. government-funded interference in Egyptian politics appeared to be easing slightly — travel bans on American “pro-democracy” activists charged...

Obama’s Double Standard on Reporting Government Abuses

Michael Tennant February 29, 2012

At the start of his February 22 press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney offered a tribute to deceased reporters Marie Colvin,...

Syria: From Valued Ally to “Vicious Enemy”

Michael Tennant February 28, 2012

Is the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad, in the opinion of U.S. officials, a valued ally or a murderous, tyrannical regime? It all...

Ron Paul: Excessive Defense Spending Endangers U.S.

Michael Tennant February 22, 2012

Three of the four remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination have spoken out against planned reductions in future defense spending. Both former...

Obama Administration Shows Its Pro-UN Color

John F. McManus February 16, 2012

Late in 2011, U.S. funding for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) was cut off because the agency had conferred legitimacy...