Lax gun control laws mean carnage in America
Since 9/11, America has responded aggressively to the danger of terrorism, taking extraordinary measures, invading two countries, launching military...
Killing the Iran deal won't stop a nuclear weapon
Let's imagine that the opponents of the nuclear agreement with Iran get their way. The United States Congress kills it. What is the most likely consequence?...
The nuclear agreement may indeed moderate Tehran
In selling the nuclear deal with Iran, the Obama administration has been careful to point out that it is just an agreement on nuclear issues. "[The...
Talking to terrorists is often necessary
A meeting this past Tuesday near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad could possibly mark the beginning of the end of America's longest war – the conflict in...
Asia laments America's short attention span
In January 2007, not long after George W. Bush announced his surge of troops into Iraq, I happened to be having lunch with a Chinese friend who is a...
Mandating ethnic diversity can do some good
In thinking about America's enduring racial divide, I found myself intrigued by some lessons from an unlikely source – Singapore. To help prepare for a trip...
The energy technology revolution is ongoing
I am an optimist, both by temperament and observation. But I maintain my hopeful outlook partly because I know that less optimistic people will regularly see...
Don't insult Rand Paul, debate his ideas
It turns out that Republicans in Washington are united on one issue: their hatred of Rand Paul. John McCain says that he is "the worst possible candidate ......
Washington cannot hold together a crumbling Iraq
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter did misspeak last week with remarks that caused a firestorm in both Washington and Baghdad. He explained that the ISIS...
The inward turn of the United Kingdom is tragic
On Monday, the Right Honorable David Cameron, prime minister of Great Britain, gave his first major speech after being re-elected to his high office – once...
The Democratic opposition to Obama is misguided
The two most powerful forces that have transformed the world in recent decades have been the expansion of globalization and the information revolution. These...
Israel has a golden opportunity it must seize
Israel's new coalition government, formed with the slimmest possible majority in its parliament, likely means that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will act...
In the U.S., the accused have fewer and fewer rights
Reading about the short, troubled life of Freddie Gray – who suffered lead poisoning as a child, was arrested for drug offenses more than a dozen times, and...
Talk ideas, not burritos, when discussing Hillary
The discussion of Hillary Clinton's candidacy has, so far, thoroughly explored her video announcement, restaurant choices, clothes, health, ethics and, of...
Forget the Mideast, Obama, focus on Asia
The Obama administration's foreign policy energies are fully engaged in the Middle East – negotiating the Iran deal, sending special forces into Iraq,...
Yes, of course Iran is a rational state
At the heart of the concerns surrounding the deal with Iran is a simple question: Is Iran rational? The answer for many critics of the deal is self-evident....
What war with Iran would really mean
When making up their minds about the nuclear deal with Iran, people are properly focused on its details. But to figure out whether an agreement that limits...
Blindly supporting Arab autocrats isn't a solution
Yemen's descent into chaos – with jihadi groups jumping in to fill the vacuum of authority – has startled many observers. Just months ago, the White House was...
Netanyahu ignores the Palestinians at his peril
In an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" soon before he was re-elected as Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu was asked if he was offended that the...
Bibi has his Peter Pan moment in Washington
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the United States Congress was eloquent, moving and intelligent in identifying the problems with the...
An anti-ISIS ideological war requires sophistication
Washington is getting enthusiastic about an ideological war these days: not between Democrats and Republicans – that's old news – but rather between Americans...
Calling ISIS 'Islamic' does not tell us much
President Barack Obama stands accused of political correctness for his unwillingness to accuse groups like ISIS of "Islamic extremism," choosing a more...
What it is that really scares Russian officials
The deal announced Thursday to end the fighting in Ukraine will face the same obstacle the previous such agreement has faced – how to ensure that Russia will...
Governments mustn't be lured into an ISIS trap
Once again, an ISIS murder leads to fears that it is winning, and calls to do more. Fox News' Bret Baier captured the mood when he said of the latest video:...
How the U.S. gains from a day without the Middle East
U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to India was strategically important, symbolically resonant and deftly executed. But it coincided with a snowstorm in some...