Energy Policy Shows Fallacy of a Domestic Debate
The presidential debate on Wednesday night is an opportunity for the candidates to discuss, exclusively, “domestic policy.” But that very division of “domestic” and “foreign” policy has always been fo
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Four Foreign Policy Flashpoints
Foreign policy has suddenly leaped right into the heart of the presidential campaign, and it may just stay there until Nov. 6.
Murders in Libya Point to Need for Wise Leaders in US
Yesterday’s tragic murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other American diplomats in Libya illustrates the ever-present dangers for Americans in the volatile Middle East.
It’s the Syrians Who Will Pay for Murders of Americans in Libya
The murder of a US ambassador is a shocking event, so rare that the last time it happened the Russians were in Afghanistan.
Outside Intervention in Nonviolent Revolutions
The recent revolutions in Libya and Syria offer a bitter lesson: to generate outside intervention against a dictator, armed rebellion is more effective than even the most heroic nonviolence.
Never Say Never Again
There will be no politicians at the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. They are no longer invited.
On Anniversary of 9/11, Fear is Present But Not All-Consuming
The e-mail had a simple enough subject line: “Al Qaeda.” It was from my cousin Karen, who also used to be my dentist.
Asian Nationalism at Sea is Worrying, Though We Must Avoid Alarmism
Will war break out in the seas of East Asia?
Living in the Era of Megaterror
Forty years ago this week at the Munich Olympics of 1972, Palestinian terrorists conducted one of the most dramatic terrorist attacks of the 20th century.
A War Over Desolate Asian Islets
Will war break out in the seas of East Asia? After Chinese and Japanese nationalists staged competing occupations of the barren land masses that China refers to as the Diaoyu Islands and Japan calls
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