Amid the euphoria of Osama bin Laden’s well-deserved demise is the gut feeling Pakistan isn’t shooting straight with us in the War on Terror almost 10 years after 9/11.

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Osama bin Laden’s death is a long-awaited day of justice for the American people and for all those innocents across the globe who suffered al-Qaeda’s brutality.

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National Security Adviser Tom Donilon  published an opinion piece on the administration’s efforts toward global nuclear disarmament — a presidential priority.

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It’s not clear who authorized the test flight of China’s new J-20 “stealth” fighter during Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ visit to Beijing, but the message was pretty clear: China has arrived — and we really don’t care what you think anymore, America.

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While there has been lots of discussion of the U.S.-Russia Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) over the past few months, one very important consideration continues to receive insufficient attention: China’s robust nuclear-force modernization program.

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It’s time to get over the no tion that China is going to play a strong, pivotal role in handling its belligerent nuclear neighbor, North Korea.

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When nutty North Korea makes the headlines, you can bet it’s not good news.The regime, in addition to the plutonium-based program that’s produced several bombs, has a parallel, uranium-based nuke effort.

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If something isn’t done to prevent it, we’ll likely be facing an emerging nuclear threat from President Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela sometime in the next 10 years.

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When North Korea makes headlines, it is never good news. For instance, there was the Korean War — certainly not good news. Then there was the seizure of the USS Pueblo in 1968 and the shooting down of a U.S. Navy EC-121 intelligence plane in 1969. And in 1983 there was attempted assassination of members of the South Korean cabinet in Rangoon.

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Over the weekend, North Korea promised a “1,000-fold” rise in its military strength, The Associated Press reported. And Pyongyang may be keeping its word.

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The Obama administration will argue that one of the critical issues in the senators’ inboxes this term will be ratifying the U.S.-Russia Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).

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Discussion of the US-Russia Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty — a k a New START — has so far pretty much skipped one very important consideration: China.

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Last week in New York, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the press that if the United States attacked Iran over its nuclear program it would face war like it had never seen.

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So, nearly a decade after the horrors of the 9/11 at tacks, where do we stand in our War on Terror?

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The Pentagon’s just-released report to Congress on Chinese military power is alarming for two reasons: First, Beijing’s military buildup continues; second, the modernization of our armed forces may come up short of what’s needed to meet the China challenge.

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The Obama administration is urging the Senate to ratify the US-Russia Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty — but it won’t release the negotiating record for “New START” to senators who’ve asked for it.

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While Americans focus on the significant challenges at home, they must also not forget the growing national security challenges that our nation faces abroad. The world remains a dangerous place, populated with states and groups that hold — or could hold — America and its interests around the world at risk.

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One of the most under-reported national security stories is the growing angst over our ability to continue to produce some high-tech components for our most advanced defense systems.

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In the media, President Hugo Chavez seems to be portrayed more commonly these days as a threat to golf, which he considers “bourgeois” and is trying to eradicate in Venezuela, than to regional stability.

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The South Korean government is now reporting that a large undersea explosion (e.g., a torpedo) is likely responsible for sinking its warship Cheonan in the Yellow Sea in March, with the loss of more than 40 souls.

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Obama failed to make progress on the most important issue to the United States right now — economics and trade. We’re experiencing a $200-plus billion-a-year trade deficit with China, but no measure came out of the visit to ease that pain.

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Let me be clear (as President Obama loves to say): After a year in office, there isn’t much for this White House to brag about foreign policy-wise, in spite of rhetorical flourishes and grandiose promises.

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After nearly a year of well-intentioned efforts to develop the United States’ relationship with the People’s Republic of China, President Barack Obama isn’t so gung-ho anymore - and ties are taking a downturn.

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While the Climaterati caucus over cappuccinos in Copenhagen about polar bear habitat and the fate of small island nations from rising sea levels, there are other possible climate change implications, too - those of the security kind.

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Despite all the Obama administration’s chin- rubbing and hand- wringing about how to proceed in Afghanistan, the president hasn’t been to the war-torn country since entering the White House.

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Vice President Joe Biden’s trip last week to Poland and the Czech Republic may have helped soothe rattled allies after Team Obama pitched overboard the W-era, anti-Iran missile shield that was to be deployed in both countries. But the new missile-defense plan he pitched has problems.

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There’s certainly a lot of hand-wringing these days on both the left and right over the war in Afghanistan. Among Americans, support for the fight is slipping, almost eight years after U.S. forces entered the country.On the surface, it’s understandable: There’s little good news in spite of the blood, sweat and tears of our brave troops and others, including U.S. diplomats and civilians, who are often on the front lines, too.

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REPLETE with Olympian fanfare, China just a few days ago “celebrated” the 60th anniversary of the founding and achievements of the People’s Republic.

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While some are touting “progress” at the just-concluded talks with Iran in Geneva last week over its nuclear program, we’re nowhere near the end of this horror movie.

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The Obama administration is getting ready to throw the proposed Eastern European-based US missile-defense system under the bus. The move is a sop to the Russians (and to lefties here at home) — but will render us increasingly vulnerable to the growing Iranian nuclear/missile threat.

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The famous Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud is believed to have once said: “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” meaning that at times you should take things at face value and not search for any deeper meaning.

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American and Russian teams will start another round of talks in Vienna as early as today on a new nuclear-arms-reduction pact to replace the expiring Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Problem is Russia isn’t meeting its obligations on some old arms-control agreements.

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