Now that both the Democratic and Republican presidential-campaign teams have a strong component of foreign-policy expertise, how will they use it?
They had better act quickly, because time is short. During the few months before Election Day, voters should demand that the presidential contenders address the international challenges facing the United States with clarity and [...]

Has Russia become dangerous, adversarial and increasingly undemocratic?

What will the dragon breathe in the years after the 2008 Summer Olympics conclude?
Will it be fresh air in the form of expanded economic reform, political change and environmental concern – or rhetorical smoke to continue justifying an overly intrusive governmental hand?

Among the most courageous, truth-seeking figures of the past century, Alexander Solzhenitsyn stood particularly tall. Although he succumbed to age and illness this week, the Nobel laureate left behind an impressive body of work that offers unending inspiration.
Indeed, Solzhenitsyn’s observations about tyranny and abuse are needed more than ever. Tyrants and abusers loom in all [...]