Abstract: Proponents of U.S. accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) insist that the U.S. must join the convention in order to secure title to oil and gas resources located on the U.S. extended continental shelf (ECS). However,…
Abstract: The seemingly unstoppable growth of the federal government has led to a revival, in some circles, of the discredited notion of nullification as a legitimate constitutional mechanism for states to reassert their sovereign powers. Proponents of this…
Abstract: Although a free and democratic state after the reforms of 1989, Hungary has never had a legitimate written constitution that unambiguously represents the consent of the governed. In September 2010, the Fidesz–KDNP government, led by Prime Minister…
Abstract: American statecraft has been grounded, both morally and philosophically, in the principles of human liberty and America’s sense of justice. Thus, the true consistency of American foreign policy is to be found not in its policies, which…
Abstract: The President has not yet defined the Obama Doctrine but its features are emerging through his statements and actions. These include a growing reliance on international organizations, a greater sense of humility about American values and foreign policy achievements, a reliance on foreign…
Abstract: America’s Founders sought to define a national good that transcended local interests and prejudices. The national good included the common benefits of self-defense and prosperity that all Americans would realize by participating in a large, commercial nation…
On May 19, Mexican President Felipe Calderón will arrive in Washington for a two-day state visit, during which he is likely to urge U.S. ratification of the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacture of and Trafficking in Firearms (commonly known by its Spanish acronym, CIFTA). The convention is purportedly necessary…
The Heritage Foundation's This Week in Washington video discusses three major issues: Government management of the Big 3 automakers, Rep. Paul Ryan's Republican alternative to the Obama budget, and objections to President Obama's nominee Harold Koh a …
The conflict between global governance and U.S. constitutional democracy is the subject of a new book by John Fonte,...…
Ever since the raid last month that killed Osama Bin Laden, the question of whether the US violated Pakistani...…
Why on earth are British taxpayers being forced to fund European Union lobbying for policy campaigns in the United...…
Today the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the connection between an international convention to eliminate chemical...…
We all know the stories about George Washington. He chopped down a cherry tree, but did not lie about it. He wore...…
The current language surrounding American foreign policy (and the New START Treaty in particular) is diplomatic and...…
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has today announced the appointment of more than two dozen new Ambassadors...…
One common way of thinking about foreign policy is that it exists in its own world, separate from domestic policy or the...…
CHICAGO - Protect America Month 2010, the Heritage Foundation’s annual series of events and publications aimed at...…
Live Video streaming by Ustream The vital concept of national sovereignty is under assault around the globe in...…