China's increasingly aggressive posture towards the South China Sea and the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea is less important in…
Throughout history, major political and economic shocks have often occurred in August, when leaders have gone on vacation believing that…
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…
Public-opinion polls in the United States indicate a close presidential election in November. While President Barack Obama outpolls…
Twenty years ago Russia and fourteen other newly-independent states emerged from the ruins of the Soviet empire, many as nations for the…
Like most of you, I'm spending some time these days watching the Olympics. It's especially fun to see more obscure sports like fencing,…
The proposed reductions in the Pentagon’s budget have a lot of people worried that smaller will mean weaker. The defense and aerospace…
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…