As Arab Spring moves into Arab Fall, a review of current policy approaches reveals little coherence towards any grand design. Last week, Russia vetoed the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) imposing sanctions on the Syrian regime despite brutal oppression by Bashar al-Assad and his security forces where approximately 4000...

Helene Cooper and Mark Landler of the New York Times recently reported on the shifting focus of U.S. efforts in Afghanistan toward targeted killings to create strategic leverage, rather than the counterinsurgency campaign some had envisioned. This is a good thing.

In the years following September 11th,...

Fareed Zakaria and others who argue deterrence is the answer to a nuclear Iran miss the point -- the real issue is not whether Iran can be deterred from use or transfer of a nuclear weapon, but rather how a weapon would enable Iran to transition from its current status...