By Dov S. Zakheim

China's new stealth fighter is causing a fuss for good reason.

The death of a patriot leaves a gaping hole among the cadre of foreign-policy analysts, not to mention the hearts of friends and family.

Having the lame-duck Senate ratify the New START arms-control agreement would be an insult to the Russians.

Coordinating U.S. Afghanistan policy through India would give double-dealing Pakistan something to think about.

Corruption is endemic to Afghanistan. Petraeus's plan to root it out is Washington's only chance of even a modicum of success.

The Obama administration's trumpeting over its successful sanctions against Tehran might be premature.

Netanyahu and Abbas know how an agreement would look. Will it fly?

Thirteen years after being peacefully absorbed into Beijing's control, business is still booming in Hong Kong. Is Taiwan next?

Everyone wants a peace deal to happen. Let's not forget all the times before that a solution slipped through the cracks. It is still the Middle East after all.

The dialogue between the administration and the Senate on America’s nuclear force is too important to be hurried along.

America cannot make government work in Afghanistan. The best we can hope to do is turn people away from the Taliban.

Pundits across the political spectrum have been busy making pronouncements about the “real” financial and political costs of the war in Iraq. Most of them are just blowing smoke. In TNI’s Realist, Grover Norquist and Dov Zakheim separate fact from

Responding to Dimitri K. Simes’s assertion that we aren’t having a real debate over foreign policy, Derek Chollet argues the Democrats are providing genuine alternatives; Grover G. Norquist looks at the structural reasons inhibiting both parties f

Defining what constitutes victory in Iraq is the number one question in American politics. Washington needs to go beyond offering bumper-sticker cliches to provide workable yardsticks for measuring success. Some thoughts on the matter.

The political soil of the Middle East has not been tilled by the Western Enlightenment. Growing democracy there must take this into account.

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May 24, 2013