Mostly perhaps, but in the right circumstances they can pose a threat to international stability.

Will Pakistan be pulled into the the Gulf Alliance against Yemen’s rebels?

As bad as the nuclear negotiations seem, things are actually turning out well—or at least as well as could have been expected in a genuinely terrible and terrifying situation.

Lukashenko latest overtures to the U.S. to engage in the talks over Ukraine are at heart a self-serving ploy.

After two decades of explosive growth and nearly a decade of rising geopolitical clout, the BRICs now face a number of grim economic indicators.

The troubling remark everyone missed in Tom Friedman’s interview with President Obama—and some ruminations on the sad state of American political discourse.

It seems to have dawned on some in the AKP elite that Erdogan is becoming a problem. But is there anyone who can check him?

The real problems in NATO aren’t about European military capability deficits, but politics. Europe is once again fragmenting along cultural and historical divides.

With all eyes on Iran, few noticed the Obama Administration’s move to restore military aid to Egypt. This was a bad call, and a major blow to both human rights and stability in that country.

The Global Magnitsky Act will hold human rights abusers to account. But it should also inspire a fresh debate about the role of promoting human rights and democracy in American foreign policy.