Laura Secor writes in the New Yorker about the bass-ackward effects of the Iranian government's decision to televise the show trials.  I think she misses a key point, however:  Since the disputed Presidential elections of June 12th, about a h...

The Pew Global Attitudes project has released their 2009 report, which means we finally have some hard numbers to see whether the election of Barack Obama has altered global perceptions of the United States.  And it turns out the answer is yes in ...

The Boston Globe's Joseph Williams reports on why Harold Koh is facing difficulties getting confirmed as the State Department's legal advisor.  This part stood out for me:  Like many other...

Two months after Foreign Policy revamped its website, Foreign Affairs has done something similar.  No blogs, but a jazzy new website.    One big change is that it's now at...

VP Joe Biden gave a speech at the Munich Security Conference today that made quite a splash.  The main themes of the speech were about American outreach to Iran and Russia, Still, the Washington Post's Craig Whitlock reported the following oddity:...