Jordan’s King Abdallah trained as a Special Operations soldier as a young man. That may give you some insight into what kind of response ISIS should expect from Jordan in the wake of the immolation of its pilot.

Ruthless national interest as the sole basis of foreign policy is repugnant to the national conscience, and since the United States is a democracy, this conscience must be reckoned with.

In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, France’s anti-incitement crackdown certainly wouldn’t pass civil liberties muster in the U.S., but it’s a mistake to make these kinds of comparisons.

Fouad Ajami was an enthusiastic immigrant and U.S. citizen, but he never lost his longing for progress in the lands he left behind.

As China’s far-flung energy acquisition strategy comes a cropper, the geopolitics of China’s ‘near abroad’ is getting dicey.

As China and the United States contemplate how to shape their mutual relations, each is bound to learn something discomfiting about itself.

China’s growth enables it to be truly, for the first time, a Eurasian power between East Asia and the West. A pan-peripheral grand strategy would suit it best.

Neither democratic theory nor common sense can justify the institution of a public sector union.

The old wise-man consensus about the inefficacy of economic sanctions is truly old. Turns out they often work pretty well these days.

Find out why Turkey’s President recently demanded the extradiction of Fethullah Gülen from Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.