With the passing of Margaret Thatcher, we’ve lost not only one of conservatism’s heroes. We’ve lost one of the greatest figures of modern times, a woman who battled incredible odds to become prime minister, and then turned her country around after decades of decline. I had the honor of working for Lady Thatcher in her private office from 2000 to 2002. Like anyone who has…

In 1982, Argentina’s military junta invaded the Falkland Islands, a self-governing British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sent a liberation task force to the islanders’ aid. Some 255 British servicemen laid down their lives in the conflict, but with logistical support from the United States, the British forces…

It was not exactly a bravura performance today from the Secretary of State, who testified this morning before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Hillary Clinton came across as defiant, evasive, blasé, and at times hugely unconvincing when answering questions from Republican Senators about the death of four Americans at the hand of Islamist terrorists in…

I have just read a staggering report written by my colleagues Patrick D. Tyrell and William W. Beach for the Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis (I direct the Margaret Thatcher Centre for Freedom at Heritage.) It is a real eye-opener for anyone who cares about America’s future as the world’s superpower, on either side of the Atlantic. Ironically, Britain,…

The Obama administration talks of an Asian “pivot” and America’s “Pacific century,” but in terms of trade and investment, Europe remains hugely important for the United States. According to figures cited by Britain’s Minister for Europe, trans-Atlantic trade supports close to 15 million jobs, and U.S. investment in European Union member states was worth $2 trillion at the…

The Obama presidency is fond of issuing apologies for America on the world stage, but very rarely makes them at home to Americans. White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer has just issued one to Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer, who last week wrote an op-ed berating the Obama administration for removing a bust of Sir Winston…

Argentina’s president Cristina Kirchner will not be attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, according to a report in The Independent. The newspaper describes this as a “snub” to the UK by Buenos Aires: Argentina has decided not to send its president to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in a diplomatic snub to Britain at a time of growing…

I had the pleasure of hosting Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith for a major speech on welfare reform earlier today at The Heritage Foundation on Capitol Hill. He also testified this morning before the powerful House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, the first foreign Secretary of State to give evidence before the committee. I’ve known Iain for…