https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2009/12/31/a-foreign-policy-wish-for-the-new-year/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:42:56 -0400<![CDATA[Fouad Ajami has given us all the column of the year &#8212; required reading for all of us and, hopefully, for the White House on the day before the new year commences.  The academic and State Department “realists” &#8212; actually those oblivious to reality &#8212; have had their ideological depiction of the state of the world shattered this past year. The people of Iran are on the verge of revolution, and yet President Barack Obama gives out the signal that he hopes John Kerry’s proposal that he travel to Iran will save the administration’s policy of engagement. As Ajami writes:  “In the time of Barack Obama, ‘engagement’ with Iran&#8217;s theocrats and thugs trumps the cause of Iranian democracy.”]]>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:37:56 -0500<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2009/12/31/a-foreign-policy-wish-for-the-new-year-n183091