The concept of nation building has brought nothing but trouble. It's time for a paradigm shift.
Washington is packing its bags, but Beijing looks set to stay in AfPak for the long haul.
Why the most successful route to reaching a nuclear deal with Tehran may be through Pretoria.
Washington should hold up Islamist groups that renounce violence and embrace politics as examples, not continue to call them terrorist organizations.
An anticlimactic summit revealed most of the allies lack the will and the wallet to fulfill NATO's lofty promises.
After a decade of controversial tactics, the Pentagon is cracking down on how Islam is taught to the U.S. military.
Once the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, Washington will no longer set the rules in Southwest Asia.
To prevent a nuclear Tehran, Obama will have to work with Putin.
Washington has been repeating the same mistakes in Afghanistan for 30 years. Obama is poised to continue the cycle.
Strategically important to Afghanistan, Iran and a host of other issues, NATO should pay attention to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
