If Matthew Hoh could tell you one thing to help you understand the U.S.'s predicament in Afghanistan, he'd tell you:

The presence of our ground combat troops is not doing anything to defeat al-Qaida.

Think about that for a moment. We are paying roughly $1 million per troop, per...

Earlier this week, Mary Anastasia O'Grady shamelessly pulled the God card to defend the Honduran coup. Specifically, she handed her Wall Street Journal column over to the coup-supporting Cardinal Rodriguez to curry favor for the June 28 ousting of President Manuel Zelaya from power. Her article ignores the Church's...

The most widely and rapidly ratified human rights treaty in history is 20 years old. The Convention on the Rights of the Child was shaped by the United States, which drafted more of its provisions than any other government. Only two countries in the world have failed to ratify the...

Last week I met with a young Palestinian from Gaza, Mohammed Omer. He is an award-winning journalist with an incredible story.

After meeting him, I went to his presentation at a bistro in town called "Busboys and Poets" (the coolest place in DC these days).

His presentation blew me away....

THE DEPROLIFERATOR -- As you no doubt know, deterrence is the product of a balance of power -- nuclear arsenals, in other words, that are roughly equal. Constrained by the eye-for-an-eye principle, but to the umpteenth power, states armed with nuclear weapons, such as the United States and the Soviet...

Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. There was the deep bow before the emperor Akihito. There was the group photo with the head of the Burmese junta. There was the deferential press conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Yes, I am running for President of Palestine in the next election, if there is one. No, I don't expect to win. But then, many long shot candidates who don't expect to win, actually find themselves winning.

Still, my goal isn't to win office but to help re-ignite the peace...

On Sunday night 60 Minutes ran a story entitled, "The Deadliest Weapon." Before that broadcast and the story reported by Bryon Pitts, I had been ambivalent about the war in Afghanistan. But after watching 60 Minutes I decided America cannot win -- no matter how long we stay or how...

The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs:

Increased Tension Over Iran's Program
SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's recently discovered nuclear site near Qom is more suited to developing nuclear weapons than generating power and that the Qom...

Last weekend, the United States unveiled its new state of the art detention facility to journalists, diplomats, Afghan officials, and nongovernmental organizations. After participating in the tour, I give the new facility a "vastly improved" grade compared to the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF), but U.S. detention policy has a...

In a blow to the far-right, scientists have concluded that U.S. nuclear weapons don't need new tests or new designs.

The premier scientific panel advising the Defense Department just concluded that US nuclear weapons will last indefinitely under current maintenance programs. We don't need new nuclear weapons. We don't...

Sooner or later, we will have to talk to the Taliban. It's inevitable, so why delay? It's clear that we cannot "win" in Afghanistan in the traditional since of "winning" -- that is, wiping out the enemy. The Afghans know that the U.S. will some day be leaving their country,...

It's not that I get tired of listening to Jewish speakers. More often than not, they motivate and inspire me. Whether I agree with them or not, there's a familiarity, a connection. I learn from my people and I embrace their diversity.

But no matter how diverse, it's still the...

On the anniversary of twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child -- the most ratified human rights treaty in human history -- the leaders of five major organizations focusing on children make a joint plea to put children's best interests at the heart of human...

For the past several years Palestinian Prime minister Salam Fayyad's name on the streets of the West Bank and Gaza has become synonymous with the words credibility, honesty, and transparency.

His hard work on building and reforming Palestinian institutions has paid off: Palestinians see him as a serious leader...

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