Claudia Rosett

Ms. Rosett, a Foreign Policy Fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum, a columnist of Forbes and a blogger for PJMedia, is a contributing editor of The New York Sun.

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Why North Korea Needs Relisting as a Terror-Sponsoring State November 4, 2017

There's no North Korea "strategy" worth beans that would preclude relisting North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. So get on with it

The Kerfuffle Before the Storm October 8, 2017

Kick North Korea Out of the U.N. September 22, 2017

Membership has its privileges—spying, money laundering and illicit procurement.

Kim Jong Un’s Thermonuclear Joyride September 6, 2017

For Kim Jong Un, what a joyride. For President Trump, for Mattis, for South Korea, for Japan, for the entire free world, what a horrifying conundrum to inherit

North Korea’s Fireworks July 6, 2017

Start instead with a basic mission: Get rid of the Kim regime

The Moral Obscenity of Kim’s North Korea April 25, 2017

In calculating the sacrifice that might be needed to bring down Kim Jong Un and his obscene regime, one of the questions we should also be asking is, what are we sacrificing if we don't?

What America Really Needs To Do About the UN March 15, 2017

Unwinding the U.S. from the UN might seem a daunting project. But surely it is worth asking whether the toll of sticking with the UN might turn out to be even worse

Truth, Terror and Nikki Haley’s Challenge at the UN February 24, 2017

Haley is doing brilliant work every time she skips the diplomatic bromides and sticks to telling the truth about the UN. Please, let's have lots more of it.

Samantha Power Reinvents Obama’s Record on Russia January 25, 2017

Orwellian manipulations in farewell peroration by Samantha Power

Obama settling old grudges—But not against Russian, Israeli leaders December 31, 2016

Obama's real bottom line is not the settling of personal scores against foreign leaders, but the cementing of a grudge against the promised policies of America's president-elect, and the Americans who voted for him

Undoing Obama’s Latest Legacy as UN Abstainer-in-Chief December 25, 2016

The best way for President-elect Trump to view the Obama Administration's betrayal of Israel in the United Nations is as the starting bell for a campaign to defund the world body

The Audacity of Silence On Possible Iran-North Korea Nuclear Ties December 16, 2016

Staggering extent of the radioactive debacle they are about to hand off to President-elect Donald Trump, under the heading of Obama’s legacy Iran nuclear deal

Obama, Russia, The Election and A Visitor From Mars December 11, 2016

Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House

Escape From the Life of Julia December 3, 2016

if Trump manages to shrink the Obama state and drain the Washington swamp, especially if he does it bigly, that would be a huge leap in the direction of liberty and justice

When the Trump Team Comes Looking for the Secrets of Obama’s Iran File November 12, 2016

It's a good bet that until Tuesday night, the Obama White House never expected any such imminent intrusion by the Trump team into its closets

For Next UN Secretary-General, A Managerially Incompetent Socialist October 6, 2016

Then we get a longtime socialist with a record of managerial incompetence, heading a multi-billion dollar, diplomatically immune, opaque, globe-girdling organization funded with billions of other people's money--what could go wrong?

Could Iran Use Its $1.7 Billion Cash Jackpot To Buy North Korean Nukes? September 10, 2016

he question is not only whether this $1.7 billion, including some $1.3 billion taken from the pockets of American taxpayers, ended up in the hands of terrorists, but did any of it go to nuclear-testing North Korea?

China’s Insult and Obama’s Climate Kowtow September 5, 2016

For such an emissary, no red carpet is needed. Of course he can exit from the back of his plane

The Obama Narrative Goes to Midway September 3, 2016

Obama's choice of Midway as a poster atoll for his latest climate-change riff was not just a snub to the heroes of World War II or the freedom they fought for. It was a travesty

Riddle of $1.3 Billion for Iran Might Relate to 13 Outlays Of Exactly $99,999,999.99 August 23, 2016

These payouts from the Judgment Fund were made within days of the announcement of the Iran settlement

Bono and Love in a Time of Terror July 18, 2016

It ought to be clear by now that "love," for all its virtues, is not enough to stop a terrorist driving a 21-ton truck

The Power Broker of Kabul April 1, 2016

Mr. Khalilzad served on the diplomatic front lines of U.S. efforts to replace terror-spawning Islamic tyrannies with benign, democratic governments.

Lobbing Words at North Korea’s ‘Unacceptable’ Nuclear Missile Program February 8, 2016

Pyongyang's behavior is unacceptable. What's also unacceptable is an American foreign policy that settles for slapping the label "unacceptable" on North Korea's nuclear and missile tests, while doing nothing that might actually stop the next one

North Korea’s Nuclear Advance—With Or Without The Hydrogen Bomb January 8, 2016

While Obama is focused elsewhere, North Korea's nuclear attack capability, "specifically targeting the U.S. and its allies advances without pause." Who will stop it?

The U.N.‘s Parade of Dictators September 26, 2015

Today, the U.N. is increasingly becoming a clubhouse for a rising new axis of dictators. In its menu of privileges for member states, the U.N. does not distinguish between democracies and dictatorships

Isolation at the U.N. September 18, 2015

It’s also known as leadership.

Nuclear Fiascoes: From Diplomatic Failure With North Korea To Debacle With Iran August 31, 2015

There are surely dissertations to be written on the intricate differences between the North Korea Agreed Framework and the Iran nuclear deal now before Congress

The Iran-North Korea Axis Of Atomic Weapons? August 13, 2015

When asked about allegations of Iran-North Korea nuclear ties, Obama administration officials either retreat behind the classified veil, or deflect the question

The Iran-North Korea Strategic Alliance July 29, 2015

While the Iran-North Korea alliance is based primarily on weapons traffic, it is fortified by a shared hostility toward free societies, as epitomized by America

Nuclear Extortion: Pioneered by North Korea, Perfected by Iran July 17, 2015

Iran has now out-pioneered even North Korea in the art of nuclear extortion. As Congress embarks on its 60-day review of the Iran deal, it would be wise to consider not only the implications for Iran and the Middle East, but for a world