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The recent Iranian election fiasco has been a blessing in disguise for
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His reelection was confirmed by Supreme
Leader Ali Khamenei, the vote count was ratified by the Council of
Guardians, and the presidential oath o...
Although Arab governments have progressively eased their official stance towards Israel, Arab populations continue
to receive a steady barrage of anti-Israel, anti-Jewish and
anti-American...
NATO and the EU now coexist with a confusing and
ambiguous set of overlapping tasks, with no clear functional or
geographical division of labor in the cards anytime soon. Despite having troops...
On the surface, the opening of the Lebanese
embassy in Damascus last month and of the Syrian Embassy in Beirut in
December is a historic milestone, signaling a new era...
IQUITOS, Peru -- Peruvian justice flowed smoothly in the trial of former President Alberto Fujimori, recently sentenced to 25 years in jail for human rights abuses; paternity claims against...
Through a combination of simplicity and truthfulness, President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo last June to "reset" U.S.-Muslim relations was somehow able to convert skeptics into believers. Six months later, America's standing across the Muslim world...
The president and his national security team have outlined an
ambitious strategy for Afghanistan. But if they hope to meet their July
2011 target date for the beginning of a U.S. drawdown, they will have
to navigate some unavoidable roadblocks along...
Every few months, Israelis undergo an emotionally wrenching
experience, with one family in particular experiencing it on a level no
other could comprehend. With cruel regularity, the media announce the imminent release of Cpl. Gilad Shalit,
captured...
A series of recent moves indicates that Iran's fundamentalist Shiite
hierarchy is increasingly wary of extremist Sunni beliefs and the
militant practitioners bringing them into the Islamic Republic from
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and even Iraq. Having...
Low interest rates have become something of a staple at the U.S.
Federal Reserve in recent years. Early last month, though, the U.S.
central bank took its "cheap dollar" policy to another level by
committing to near-zero interest rates for the...
