Clifford D. May

Human Rights Watch crosses the line with latest attack on Israel

Anti-Semitism may be the world's oldest hatred but it's still a long way from death's door.

May 4, 2021

Idriss Deby: The death of an African warrior

We worry about the Middle East. We pivot toward Asia. As for Latin America, we at least pay attention to Venezuela, Cuba and the countries from which emigrants are streaming north.

April 27, 2021

U.S. chooses defeat in Afghanistan

If the Taliban were not teetotalers, they'd be shopping for champagne about now in response to President Biden's decision to unconditionally withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021.

April 20, 2021

Biden’s bad foreign policy deals

President Obama gave without getting, and then postured as though he'd achieved spectacular victories. President Biden is now doing likewise.

April 13, 2021

The brave few on the front line for freedom deserve America’s support

In this already stormy century, freedom has many powerful enemies, and few powerful defenders.

April 6, 2021

China’s rulers have a new and unimproved version of rules-based order

China's Communist rulers are making clear that they intend to wrest the torch of global leadership from America's hands.

March 30, 2021

Why Assad crossed Obama’s red line

"Ayman" was a skilled Syrian scientist producing chemical weapons at Institute 3000, a facility within the deceptively named Scientific Studies and Research Center near Damascus.

March 23, 2021

President Macron deserves credit for trying to unite France

What holds a nation together? In some cases, it's blood, soil and language (think Japan). In some cases, it's a police state (think Iran).

March 2, 2021

Biden must deter and not appease Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, and Pyongyang

We all disapprove of appeasement, right? The term evokes Munich, where British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made concessions to Adolf Hitler in the hope that would sate, rather than whet, the fuhrer's appetite for conquest.

February 23, 2021

Despots dominate the WHO and the UNHRC

I understand why Joe Biden wants to rejoin the World Health Organization and the United Nations Human Rights Council. The new president is a multilateralist.

February 16, 2021

Who killed Lokman Slim?

"Killing for them is a habit," Rasha al-Ameer told reporters last week.

February 9, 2021

U.N. General Assembly simply remembering the Holocaust is insufficient

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is meant to serve two purposes: to memorialize the victims of the Nazi genocide of the 1940s, and help prevent future genocides.

February 2, 2021

Is America prepared for a catastrophic cyberattack?

Attacks intended to shut down financial systems, electricity, water supplies, transportation, communications -- perhaps even the entire U.S. economy could happen. What's the plan?

January 26, 2021

The many reasons Biden should not enrich Iran’s rulers

Tehran sponsors Hezbollah in Lebanon, Syria and other countries, Shia militias in Iraq, Houthi rebels in Yemen, and Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza.

January 19, 2021