If this Iraqi nationalist Maliki is back to stay, Washington should be pleased.
the driving factors lie far from religion: political status, property rights and power distribution are closer to the mark.
maybe, just maybe, there was something more going on while we were all enjoying the holiday yesterday.
Here is my quick assessment of where things stand as we head into Christmas/New Year
There is unlikely to be victory in Afghanistan, but there needn't be defeat either.
Those who advocate using this moment to ram through solutions to serious problems--like the status of Kosovo's Serb-controlled north--are only…
The Administration should not however rest on these laurels, important as they are. There is a dangerous world beyond DADT…
Overall, it seems to me that this government is leaning in the direction of marginally more competence, less sectarianism and…
how might the appointment of Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, as Acting Foreign Minister affect…
When it comes to current wars, Iraq is looking like something much closer to success than Afghanistan.