Obama's refusal to develop and implement a new Cuba policy -- one based on U.S. national interests with a goal of fully normalizing relations -- exemplifies continuity in the way the U.S. views the region.
Republicans, by encouraging hysteria over the terrorist threat, are making the threat of terrorism that much more salient. In the coming weeks, it will be worth remembering Al-Qaeda's formula: small acts for big effect.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has paved an unnecessarily difficult path for himself and his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) for 2010 as a crucial upper house election approaches this July.
As individuals, we resolve to do all kinds of things. But it is those commitments we resolve to do as a society which are both more difficult and more meaningful. This decade, let us resolve to end human slavery.
At the moment, the United States stands at a point where its future is not fully determined. Two roads stand before us: one towards greater strength and power, and the other towards a decline.
The Christian God abhors the shedding of innocent blood and nuclear weapons are only capable of widespread, indiscriminate killing and destruction of life.
By Anthony Painter "It is immensely moving when a mature man -- no matter whether old or young in years -- is aware of a responsibility for the conse...
Despite his leadership and sensible decision-making, I support Lincoln Chafee for another reason -- for his brave and correct view on same sex marriage equality in Rhode Island.
For some people, the assent of the Obama Doctrine will be uncomfortable: it's designed for a world rendered in shades of gray, not the black and white of easy demagoguery. Nevertheless, subtle should not be confused with weak.
Let there be no mistake, with unfree elections coming in April and a referendum on the independence of the South the following January, Sudan is at di...
Iran is going to have a nuclear weapon, and there is little, to nothing, we can do to stop Tehran from realizing this ambition.
I get pretty irritated hearing false cries of anti-Semitism against anyone who criticizes Israel, its human rights crimes, or its settler movement.
It may surprise many readers to hear that anti-Americanism represents one of the cardinal principles of current Russian domestic policy. Obama, however, is doing his best to change that.
President Obama's rhetoric in his Nobel acceptance speech was as powerful as ever. Obama pointed to the importance of striving for peace, and attempted to justify US involvement in Afghanistan.
I would like to remind our American friends that the burden of leadership extends to decisions about peace. I have four words for President Obama and the American people: Please, don't forget Bosnia.
If Iran offers to swap its low-enriched uranium for higher grade uranium, does the US have the right to dismiss it because it doesn't meet our conditions?
Congress' newest incarnation of sanctions, just like the Iran sanctions of the past two decades, will be meaningless in changing Iranian behavior but will contribute immensely to the suffering of innocent Iranians.
Since Obama has the unnerving ability to say exactly what he means, no more and no less -- and usually does -- we will be studying his Nobel Lecture for a long time to come.
"If you can tell people, 'We have a president in the White House who still has a grandmother living in a hut on the shores of Lake Victoria and ha...
A state in which there is no civic friendship can never be a just one. If there is no institutionalized background of good will in a society, citizens can and inevitably will perceive themselves to be unfairly treated.
May you live in interesting times. This reportedly ancient Chinese curse certainly applies to members of President Obama's foreign policy team. Comp...
