In his op-ed in this week's Washington Post, Jackson Diehl mulls both the origins and the merits of John McCain's idea to create what he calls a "League of Democracies" (the flaws of which UN Dispatch has previously discussed here, here, and here).

Beyond the...

Amidst the partisan debate over the Iraq war, one inescapable conclusion looms for all Americans. The problems facing Iraq are not going away -- not according to the U.S. election calendar, and certainly not for the millions of Iraqis affected by the conflict.

What this means is that,

Last week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee enacted a bill intended to increase funding for the fight against HIV/AIDS to $50 million over the next five years. Unfortunately, it also may have had the effect of allowing the "Global Gag Rule" to be extended, for the first time ever,...

Over the weekend, we again saw massive voter turnout in the primaries, which continues to break records. American democracy appears strong, but as Matt Yglesias points out there are "important things we haven't talked about," which includes, in my view, a solid agenda, built for day...