tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16110511253049857652024-03-14T03:33:13.233-04:00TRB At LargeTed R. Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171923613260471745noreply@blogger.comBlogger1150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-49431543329909061562023-09-29T15:00:00.001-04:002023-11-26T15:03:40.499-05:00TRAP Act Reports Ignore State Department's Interpol Abuse ReportsConflicting Accounts on Interpol Abuse: Comparing US Government Reports, with Sandra Grossman, Red Notice Monitor, September 29, 2023. "Many of those organizations and individuals who championed the TRAP Act, in the hope that it would compel the U.S. government to lead the fight for the reform of Interpol as well as promote deeper understanding of Interpol abuse, have been sorely disappointed by Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-19608793944806923432023-07-13T12:23:00.004-04:002023-08-08T12:28:40.169-04:00Back to Cluster MunitionsThe Left Was Wrong, Wrong, Wrong on Cluster Munitions, with Steven Groves, Daily Signal, July 13, 2023. "For well over a decade, the Left has waged war on cluster munitions. Left-wing nongovernmental organizations and other groups have demonized them, liberal U.S. administrations have downplayed them, and the left-leaning media have exaggerated the civilian casualties they cause. But now, in a Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-63741635237436821232023-07-07T15:26:00.001-04:002023-07-12T15:29:35.485-04:00NATO - The Foundation, But Not the Sole Focus, of U.S.'s Europe PolicyAhead of 2023 NATO Summit, U.S. Policy in Europe Must Advance Prosperity and Security, with Dan Kochis, Heritage Foundation Issue Brief #5323, July 7, 2023. "The U.S. does not have a serious policy for Europe: The Biden Administration’s claim that foreign and domestic policy are now one is intended to excuse its failings abroad and justify its progressive policies at home. At the July 2023 NATO Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-41791823274716004312023-06-23T15:37:00.001-04:002023-07-12T15:41:55.942-04:00The British Elite's Bad IdeasThe Brexit Blame Game, Daily Signal, June 23, 2023. "Brexit wasn’t so much a policy as it was a demand that Britain have the right and the opportunity to make its own policies. It’s won that right—but Britain has to walk through the door on its own. So far, it mostly has failed to do so—and the policies it’s chosen mostly have been mistakes."Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-70205237204091364712023-06-12T15:33:00.001-04:002023-07-12T15:36:47.552-04:00Anglo-American GabfestsIn UK Relations, Biden Administration Substitutes ‘Declarations’ for Action, Daily Signal, June 12, 2023. "British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak—the U.K.’s third prime minister in the past year—visited the White House on Thursday in his first official trip to the U.S. This is the fourth time that Sunak and President Joe Biden have seen each other in the past four months. But familiarity isn’t Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-53923599967861875312023-05-23T15:30:00.001-04:002023-07-12T15:33:24.372-04:00Midge Decter's Memorial and LegacyHeritage Foundation to Host Memorial Conference Honoring Midge Decter, Daily Signal, May 23, 2023. "Midge Decter, for many years a board member of The Heritage Foundation, and for much longer a leader in conservative thought and action, passed away a year ago this month on May 9, 2022. Next week, on May 31, at 2 p.m. EDT, Heritage will host a conference celebrating her life and legacy and lookingTed Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-44051161934445227092023-04-06T12:31:00.001-04:002023-04-27T12:33:34.605-04:00All Blacks or Black and Tans?President Biden’s Visits to United Kingdom and Ireland Must Serve Prosperity and Peace, Heritage Foundation Issue Brief #5311, April 6, 2023. "President Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement comes at a crucial time. Northern Ireland’s governing institutions have been badly damaged by the European Union’s Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-16588745460875369102023-03-23T12:23:00.001-04:002023-04-27T12:29:04.170-04:00Russia, Canada, and Fish -- and ChinaWinning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China, edited by Jim Carafano, Michael Pillsbury, Jeff Smith, and Andrew Harding, Heritage Foundation Special Report #270, March 28, 2023, sections on “Diminish the Value of Russia as China’s Ally," “Improve U.S.-Canadian Bilateral Cooperation," and “Address Illegal Fishing and Maritime Militia Activities." "The Heritage Foundation’s “Winning the Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-57797112977771703782023-03-22T10:12:00.001-04:002023-04-27T12:30:00.153-04:00NDAA 2024 - Treaties, Interpol, and TaiwainNDAA 2024: Increasing the Readiness of the U.S. Military, edited by Maiya Clark, Heritage Foundation Special Report #269, March 22, 2023,sections 64-66. "Congress should condemn the Attorney General and the Secretary of State for refusing to publish a substantive report in compliance with Section 6503 of the FY 2022 NDAA. It should reiterate its request for such a report, this time requiring thatTed Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-29584655124209362332023-03-14T11:52:00.003-04:002023-03-17T10:04:15.533-04:00The Russian Nuclear DangerWhat Russia Says About Nuclear Weapons And What It Means, with Robert Seely PhD MP and Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, 19fortyfive March 14, 2023. "Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime has consistently signaled that the Ukraine War could trigger Moscow’s use of nuclear weapons. After a lull in threats toward the end of last year, possibly due to China exerting its influence over the Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-2327151687246115552023-03-13T11:53:00.001-04:002023-03-14T11:55:55.254-04:00Putin's Martyr Complex and Russia's WMDsThe U.S. and Its Allies Must Understand and Respond to Russia’s Nuclear Threats, with Robert Seely PhD MP and Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #5373. "Vladimir Putin’s dreams of Ukraine re-incorporated into Russia, of breaking up NATO, and of Russia leading a global anti-Western alliance are collapsing about him. Disaster for Russia’s imploding armed forces may Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-25334318014255594232023-02-24T11:44:00.004-05:002023-03-06T12:16:20.669-05:00A Moment of OpportunityHow Russia’s War Impacts U.S. Influence in Europe, Limes Online, February 24, 2023 [paid access]. "One of the many unintended side-effects of Russia’s war on Ukraine has been the sudden revival of the U.S.’s influence in Europe – or at least in NATO. Yet again, as it has done so many times in the past, the European members of NATO have been reminded that the threats to European security are real Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-77577290072577096872023-01-30T15:27:00.003-05:002023-03-06T12:16:02.575-05:00Leftists and the PRC, Together in the ATTHow Progressives Enable China’s Exploitation of the Arms Trade Treaty, with former Heritage intern Sterling Mosley, Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #3746, January 30, 2023. "While achieving greater transparency in the arms trade is sensible in theory, the ATT has neither promoted meaningful transparency nor prevented nations from supplying regimes with arms to commit crimes against humanity. TheTed Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-24484586565782434712023-01-24T11:11:00.002-05:002023-01-24T11:12:27.857-05:00Neutrality Is Not BlindnessInterpol Is Doing Russia’s Dirty Work, with barrister Ben Keith, Politico, January 24, 2023. "Interpol’s member countries pledge to work together to prevent genuine criminals from escaping justice, and the system is based on the presumption that all its members are acting in good faith. But like other authoritarian members of Interpol, Russia abuses that presumption to pursue enemies of Putin’s Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-57997532148930906192022-11-04T11:45:00.001-04:002023-03-14T11:48:52.024-04:00More Silliness, and Worse, from InterpolAnother Year Brings More Autocratic Victories Over the Democratic Members of Interpol, Daily Signal, November 4, 2022. "The most recent annual meeting of Interpol’s governing body brought more bad news for its democratic member states, including the U.S."Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-11544178284829530332022-09-27T13:45:00.001-04:002023-03-13T13:47:59.536-04:00Limit U.S. Visas for RussiaThe Administration Needs to Increase Visa Sanctions on Russia, with Simon Hankinson and Victoria Coates, Heritage Foundation Issue Brief #5291, September 27, 2022. "Economic sanctions against Russia as a result of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 are having an effect on the Russian economy and society, but not quickly or decisively enough to end the war. In addition to stronger economic Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-4363973360634717372022-08-31T11:43:00.004-04:002023-03-14T11:45:45.518-04:00Interpol Elections and Interpol AbusersUS Leadership Needed to Push Back on China’s Abuse of Interpol, Daily Signal, August 31, 2022. "But Interpol does have problems. And China is among the biggest. The next meeting of the Interpol General Assembly, which makes the final decisions for the organization, is set to take place in India from Oct. 18 to 21. The General Assembly’s last meeting, in 2021, was a disaster for the U.S. Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-83625794192328375482022-08-26T11:40:00.002-04:002023-03-14T11:43:21.632-04:00A Foreign Aid Program That WorksU.S. Foreign Aid for Removing Land Mines Works Well, But Aid Allocations Need Review, Daily Signal, August 26, 2022. "The recent decision by the Biden administration to drop anti-personnel land mines from the U.S. arsenal was a serious mistake. It will not save lives. Indeed, it will likely cost lives—both of U.S. military personnel and of the civilians our military seeks to protect. But there Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-88872363759997871092022-08-24T11:38:00.003-04:002023-03-14T11:40:36.257-04:00Why the ATT Is A Bad Idea, Part InfinityWar in Ukraine Shows Why Arms Trade Treaty Remains Bad Idea, Daily Signal, August 24, 2022. "The nations that have signed the Arms Trade Treaty are meeting this week in Geneva. In 2016, the Obama administration took the U.S. into the treaty. In 2019, the Trump administration took us out of it. The latter decision keeps on looking better and better."
Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-431622824077054632022-08-03T13:42:00.001-04:002023-03-13T13:45:06.458-04:00Biden's Wrong on LandminesThe Biden Administration Is Wrong to Abandon Anti-Personnel Landmines, Heritage Foundation Issue Brief #5284, August 3, 2022. "On June 21, 2022, the Biden Administration canceled the Trump Administration’s policy that allowed U.S. military forces to employ anti-personnel landmines outside the Korean Peninsula. The Biden policy is the third major change in U.S. anti-personnel landmine policy sinceTed Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-41963346282656234692022-08-01T13:39:00.001-04:002023-03-13T13:42:18.324-04:00Interpol's FinancesInterpol Needs Improved Financial Transparency to Restore Its Integrity and Block Autocratic Manipulation, Heritage Foundation Special Report #258, August 1, 2022. "Interpol serves a valuable purpose and deserves to be properly funded. Its democratic member nations have a particular stake in ensuring thatInterpol can fund itself through its normal budgetary processes, for the less Interpol reliesTed Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-6785395308431149002022-08-01T11:35:00.002-04:002023-03-14T11:37:52.652-04:00UK Defense, Yet Again, Goes CheapWhy UK Defense Must Go on Offense, with intern Greyson Hoye, Daily Signal, August 1, 2022. "Following a wave of Cabinet and ministerial resignations, Boris Johnson has announced that he will step down as the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Now, Britain and the world are left to wonder who will be next to command its ship of state. Whoever it might be, the next prime minister must make Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-37495262627184076132022-06-27T11:32:00.001-04:002023-03-14T11:34:54.455-04:00Step by Step To Free TradeFree Trade Between US, UK Is Step Closer, Daily Signal, June 27, 2022. "The United Kingdom is the U.S.’ closest ally. It also has one of the world’s largest economies. And, needless to say, Britain’s a democracy that plays by the rules. All that makes it amazing that the U.S. doesn’t have free trade with Britain. But the reason for that is simple: Until 2020, the U.K. was in the European Union, Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-15112061389338995382022-06-22T11:26:00.001-04:002023-03-14T11:32:29.562-04:00Britain Has to Earn ItOn 6th Anniversary of Brexit, UK Yet to Grab All of Freedom’s Opportunities, Daily Signal, June 22, 2022. "Six years ago, on June 23, 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union. Above all, Brexit was about regaining the right of self-government, which is a fundamental value."Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611051125304985765.post-68283454699987473092022-06-20T13:56:00.001-04:002023-03-13T13:59:13.195-04:00Global Britain After BrexitDefining Britain’s Post-Brexit Role in the World, Centre for Brexit Policy, June 20, 2022. Uncredited contributor to the section on U.S.-U.K. relations.Ted Bromundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665210827365495580noreply@blogger.com0