Iran is coming under even greater pressure to curb its nuclear program. The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote soon on a fresh round of sanctions against the country. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the draft resolution is even "somewhat stronger" than he expected. According to the...

The arrest of Roman Polanski by the Swiss government -- and I say this without any sarcasm -- is becoming more and more a model case for international legal cooperation. Polanski's recent request to be sentenced in absentia is just more proof of that. It is safe to say that...

The Swiss voted to ban the construction of new minarets -- against all expectations and although their government and most political parties had rejected a ban. But this referendum had, in truth, little to do with minarets.

The surprising vote reveals rather a growing unease in Switzerland, which traditionally...

Just before Christmas, two years ago, I waited at the Suvretta ski lift in St. Moritz, the world's oldest and most glamorous ski resort. It was one of the coldest mornings of the year, eight degrees below zero Fahrenheit, and my breath hanged before me in a cloud of mist....