The recent dismissal and ensuing resignations of many prominent Georgian pro-Western ministers and deputies should not be read as any sort of slippage in Georgia’s deeply-ingrained West-facing stance.

A Thanksgiving meditation.

If pluralization depletes social capital, then might cross-cultural non-believers find some way to join together to create new forms of social capital, both in situ and virtually via the internet for example?

We know atheism in its Jewish or Christian context, as a rejection of the Biblical God. What would atheism mean in a Muslim, or Hindu, or Buddhist context?

November 30 marks the 140th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s birth, and his thoughts on strength, deterrence, and the great world powers are as insightful today as they were in his own time.

If there is one thing that has become clear since the end of the Cold War, it is that the United States needs to raise its game in foreign policy. The United States Congress has to be part of the solution.

President Obama’s new initiative is unlikely to succeed politically—in part because Democrats are overconfident that rising Hispanic immigration will deliver them a permanent, left-leaning majority.

President Obama has reportedly ordered a review of his administration’s Syria strategy. Here’s what his advisers will probably tell him.

The Obama Administration is racing the clock to reach historic accords with two of America’s long-standing foes, Iran and Cuba. As it tries to strike a deal, it mustn’t forget the plight of five U.S. citizens imprisoned in those two countries.

President Obama is frustrated by gridlock and partisanship, and is seeking to use executive authority to rescue something of a legacy from his second term. His unilateralism will in no way make things better, however—quite the opposite.