The allies are sending more troops to Afghanistan and behind U.S. missile-defense plans, but less than thrilled about expanding NATO into Russia’s backyard.
Leaders that continually try to add new members to the NATO alliance, American and European, are ignoring reality—at their own peril.
Positively in Pakistan, elections were held and main opposition parties are in talks to form a coalition. But if they don't learn from past mistakes, this attempt at democracy is also destined to fail.
In NI online's continuing coverage, Anatol Lieven looks at the future of Pakistan. With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, free elections—as well as democracy itself—are in question.
Has the West lost its monopoly on pronouncing election results (and governments) “legitimate”?
As the situations become more complicated in Pakistan and Georgia, both American allies, the U.S. is faced with some tough choices.
In "Designated Driver Diplomacy", John C. Hulsman applies an ill-advised one-dimensional world-view to U.S.-British relations, writes Barak M. Seener.
Will Democrats embrace ad hoc coalitions of the willing to avoid the dreaded sin of unilateralism?
Without the essential political foundation, ever-closer union for Europe remains dead—and as Mary Shelley might have pointed out, attempts to raise the dead can have unpleasant consequences.
Germany under Angela Merkel is emerging as a leading European power on the international stage, but when it comes to an interest-driven foreign policy, Berlin must learn to walk before it begins to run.