Pyongyang’s nuclear antics are prompted by domestic turmoil, not schemes for global domination. While the West frets over proliferation, Kim Jong-il is worrying about his heir.
In its response to the swine-flu epidemic, the government would do well to remember a similar crisis in 1976—and its attendant overreaction.
Conventional wisdom advocating more Western intervention in the Balkans is completely wrong. Obama needs to come up with a new approach.
Our adventurism in the Balkans is having serious consequences for American regional interests, even a decade later.
The war in South Ossetia is a stark reminder that the United States cannot accomplish its goals in Eastern Europe and the Balkans without Russian help. The next president will have to work hard to repair relations.
Rising powers like China, Russia and India are moving up in the world. Will their ascendance come at the expense of the United States?
Hillary Clinton claims she has “experience” in the Balkans. Only problem is, her husband's administration badly mishandled the Kosovo War of 1999.
Five years after the start of the Iraq War, most of its early champions have yet to be held to account for its spectacular failures.
As the January elections in Georgia approach, takes a look at the successes and failures of the Rose Revolution.
Assessing progress toward democracy in Georgia points to positive as well as negative developments. What Washington has done well—and where it has failed—is revealing.