Weapons inspections are frequently derided as the most feckless tool in our nonproliferation arsenal. In our July/August issue, the head of the Iraq Survey Group runs us through his surreal experience.
The UN is flawed, but the United States can learn to use it better—as long as we hold reasonable expectations.
Such a proposal brings as many complications as it does benefits.
Why a few competitors for the UN would be good for its business.
American is playing matchmaker to Turkey and the EU. It had better work. A broken engagement could mean a clash of civilizations.
The UN aspires to impose its moral authority on the United States in the name of international justice. The American people will not buy it.
Kofi Annan has promulgated a new rule for the conduct of international affairs. But there were difficulties in applying it, in the case if the weak as well as the strong.
U.S. diplomacy in the Persian Gulf region has created a no-win proposition whose dangers far transcend the local security environment