National Security

President Obama is pressuring members of the EU to find a way to salvage the economies of debt-ridden member nations and save the euro. In telephone conversations with French President Francois Hollande, Obama encouraged “decisive action,” according to Reuters.  Reuters

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood who promised to represent the people above all else, has picked a premier for Egypt that represents only one segment of the population. His name is Hisham Qandil, and it

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Kofi Annan resigns in failure as Syria envoy Investors and banksters disappointed again, this time by ECB The ‘mini flash crash’ software bug will be expensive China restricts Ramadan fasting for Uighurs in Xinjiang

(AP) A WIN AND A SMILE Gabby Douglas’ smile widened after each routine, her confidence growing as she moved closer and closer to the gold medal. When she finished her floor routine, she flashed her pearly whites in what’s certainly

Israeli politicians know how to play along with the liberal American media, but when it comes to national security, they don’t pull any punches. A day after delighting the Obama campaign by praising the president’s cooperation with Israel, Israeli defense

Reuters reports that Hamas is furious that a Palestinian who is an advisor to Mahmoud Abbas visited Auschwitz in July. Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said of Ziad al-Bandak’s visit, “It was an unjustified and unhelpful visit that served only

Reuters is reporting that President Obama has signed a “secret order” authorizing “U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.” The order allows the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies to join the fray and take part in his

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israeli Arabs and ultra-Orthodox Jews react in fury to new draft law Computerized trading results in ‘Mini Flash Crash’ on Wall Street Investors shed a tear as Fed fails to announce new quantitative easing

XINJIANG, China, Aug. 2 (UPI) — The Chinese Communist party has stepped up efforts to prevent Muslims in Xinjiang from fasting and visiting mosques during Ramadan. A statement from officials in the Zonglang Township in Xinjiang’s Kashgar district said “the

By CHRISTINA REXRODEAP Business WriterNEW YORKStocks are slumping at midday after the European Central Bank failed to put forward concrete new plans for calming the continent’s debt crisis. Both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500

(AP) JERUSALEMA former Israeli spymaster on Thursday cautioned Iran not to dismiss Israel’s talk about possibly attacking Iranian nuclear facilities. The next 12 weeks will be “very critical” to Israel’s decision on whether to strike, Ephraim Halevy said. That time frame

By DAVID STRINGER and TIM REYNOLDSAssociated PressLONDONThey held talks, then it ended in a fight. Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin showed up Thursday at the Olympic judo competition after meeting in central London on Syria and

By PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSArab countries have dropped a demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad resign in the latest draft of a symbolic U.N. General Assembly resolution that faces a Friday vote. The weakening of the resolution, which is

By JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVAKofi Annan said Thursday he will step down from his high-profile role as special envoy for Syria at the end of the month, delivering blistering criticism of world powers’ failure to unite over the country’s escalating violence.

Breitbart News editor-in-chief Joel Pollak and Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz faced off this week in the pages of the Jerusalem Post over whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney is the better choice for pro-Israel voters. Their debate reprises an

Before his appointment as Egypt’s prime minister, little was known about Hisham Qandil, an irrigation minister who last made headlines for persuading a suicidal employee not to jump out of a window. Qandil, who selected his new cabinet on Wednesday,

As we watch U.S. Olympians competing in what, for many, is the fruition of a lifetime of effort and focus, it’s sobering to remember that the IRS is watching too. The medals these athletes win as they represent the U.S. will

Now two of America’s greatest enemies are openly collaborating with each other: the Taliban, which planned 9/11, and Iran, which threatens the U.S. and the West with its nuclear program. The Taliban has been discussing the possibility of obtaining surface-to-air

In a stunning development, President-elect Enrique Peña and his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who won control of Mexico’s government on July 1st, moved to dissolve the Agencia Federal de Investigación (AFI).   Modeled after the United States FBI, the AFI was

It has been said that the truth offends those who don’t have it. It would appear Senator John McCain and Speaker John Boehner do not have the truth and the facts showing the danger the Muslim Brotherhood’s Movement in America’s

Border enforcement has always been a sticking point for the Obama administration. Following the administration’s partial victory against Arizona’s SB 1070, it became an even  bigger point as Obama announced DHS deportation policies would no longer be applicable in Arizona. 

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Japan expresses concern over China’s military buildup China tests new long-range missile in Tibet, near India border Syria’s chemical weapons threat raises Israelis’ fears of war Droughts in Russia, Australia and U.S. push food

As I wrote yesterday, Richard Miniter’s new book “Leading From Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisers Who Decide for Him,” contains the bombshell allegation that Valerie Jarrett talked President Obama out of okaying the mission to kill Osama bin

China’s official press agency, the Xinhua news agency, ripped Mitt Romney for saying that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Xinhua said: U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s statement that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel is likely to worsen the

For insight and perspective of what to expect from Mitt Romney on Middle East foreign policy — should he be elected — I spent time this past weekend with Dr. Walid Phares. Phares is a foreign policy adviser to the