As the U.S. wrestles with the Karzai government to finalize a security agreement that would govern thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan for another decade, virtually everyone across every spectrum agrees that pulling out completely - the so-called 'zero option' -...

China's recent attempt to establish an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over disputed territory in the East China Sea was met with shock and horror from the U.S. and its Asian allies. But the shock and horror, as always with American foreign policy, is cynically...

The Obama administration's fumbling policy on Syria turned out better than it might have this past fall when unprecedented public and international opposition to a punitive U.S. strike against the Assad regime staved off another reckless U.S. war in the Middle East....

For almost 50-years, the Pew Research Center has been polling on the question of whether Americans think the U.S. "should mind its own business internationally," but only now, for the very first time, have a majority of Americans answered in the affirmative. I'm often...

A senior European Union official today discussed the possibility of the EU causing the collapse of the Palestinian Authority if the current round of peace talks fail, with an eye toward pressing Israel to make some serious moves toward Palestinian statehood. The...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is being depicted in the media as an obstinate spoiler who is sabotaging America's plans for a decade or more of continued U.S. military occupation of Afghanistan by refusing to sign a status of forces agreement (SOFA) governing future...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D-CA) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), the leaders of the Senate and House Intelligence committees respectively, went on CNN's Sunday talk show yesterday to put fear into the hearts of Americans. They told us we are in more danger now than ever and...