The UN-backed plan that calls for Kosovo’s independence should be scrapped, say Nikolas Gvosdev and Andrew Parasiliti.
Editor’s note: Salhani’s essay about the potential for escalating violence in Lebanon takes special significance with the assassination of Lebanon's Industry Minister and Maronite Christian leader Pierre Gemayel.
The world body continues to be tasked with vital mandates, such as the mission in Lebanon, that it is not fit to achieve, spurring false hopes and squandering human lives and financial resources.
It is often said incorrectly that the United Nations Charter, framed in San Francisco during the final year of the Second World War, was designed for the world of 1945.
For better or worse, in democracies, politicians respond to the domestic pressure, which is seldom altruistic.
Last week, I wrote that realists "believe policy should be evaluated by its likely results, not by the motives or intentions of its framers.
For the last week, the ripple effects of the address delivered by President George W.