The murder of a US ambassador is a shocking event, so rare that the last time it happened the Russians were in Afghanistan. The Libyan…
The recent revolutions in Libya and Syria offer a bitter lesson: to generate outside intervention against a dictator, armed rebellion is…
Since late 2010, the world has witnessed a remarkable groundswell of political change in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and other…
African agriculture is at the crossroads. Persistent food shortages are now being compounded by new threats arising from climate change.…
Are we are on a collision course to war with Iran? With negotiations flagging, sanctions inconclusive, and an intransigent Iran speeding…
Parisians are used to a certain amount of inertia in August, when the locals vacate and leave their city to the tourists. There are no…
The world food outlook for 2013 looks grim as a result of the worst drought in the United States in 50 years. The prospects of a repeat of…
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discovered in the Middle East this week that its revolutionary moment has entered a new, violent, and…
After 11 years, 2,000 American lives, trillions of dollars, and lifelong disabilities for nearly half of the soldiers who have fought there…
The latest Iran sanctions came into full effect last week, adding to a byzantine array of unilateral and multilateral measures that…