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President Barack Obama has called on the Senate to ratify CIFTA, the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacture of and Trafficking in Firearms, but the convention poses serious prudential risks to liberties guaranteed by the First and Second Amendments. The convention appears to be an end run around domestic obstacles to gun control. Furthermore, ratification of the convention would undermine U.S. sovereignty by legally binding it to fulfill obligations that some current signatori...

The United States cannot remain a global leader unless it modernizes its alliances and international associations.

MOROCCO, January 27 - Morocco is taking part in a Western Hemisphere meeting of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), hosted by the U.S. Department of

Thank you for inviting me to join you and share my thoughts on threats and opportunities around the world. As much as things have changed since my first days at Heritage, there are some things that do not change. The threat to freedom is one of them. Most important is the vigilance with which all Americans, and foundations like Heritage, must vigorously defend and promote freedom in the world.

On January 20, 2009, the incoming Administration will confront amultitude of international issues. The primary challenge facing the new Representative of the United States of America to the UnitedNations is a U.N. suffering from confused purposes and competinginterests among member states. In order to determine where the nextU.S. ambassador to the United Nations stands on this and othercrucial issues, the following questions should be put to thenominee during her confirmation hearing on January ...

In its final report, the 9/11 Commission made 40 different recommendations for improving America's homeland security. Congress responded by passing the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which implemented the report's most significant proposals. Recently, the House of Representatives passed the Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recom­mendations Act of 2007 (H.R. 1) as part of the Speaker of the House's "100 Hours" agenda. H.R. 1 claims to follow th...

President Obama’s most recent visit to Asia probably struck many Americans as simply the latest round of executive-level diplomacy — basically the kind of trip abroad that chief executives have been making for decades. He’s been to the region six times as president, after all — not much different than President Bush at a comparable point in his presidency.

Cargo must be screened--but it is impossible to screen 11.6 million containers every year without bringing the global economy to its knees. How to avoid the paralyzing cargo clog of the Department of Homeland Security's mandate for 100 percent cargo screening? Heritage Foundation homeland security policy analysts lay out a smart plan for risk-based screening which can keep the country safe and prosperous at the same time.