Ahmed al-Basheer, the Jon Stewart of Iraq, finds comedy amid horror and suffering, and his beleaguered country loves him for it. The government? Not so much.

The Lebanese government’s tilt toward Iran has dangerous implications when it comes to countering Sunni radicalization.

The JCPOA remains the best among several bad options for making sure Iran never crosses the nuclear threshold.

Could a more mainstream politician maintain or perhaps even improve on Trump’s coalition, while at the same time more effectively realizing his policy agenda?

Don’t tell men they’re all would-be rapists, or that they all “objectify” women. Neither is true, and they won’t listen to anyone who so claims.

An open society needs to be keenly aware of the cynical perfidy of its adversaries.

AfD’s success may help Germany move forward.

Populism is alive and well, it seems, in Germany. It’s not clear, however, that policy was the decisive factor for many voters abandoning the two big-tent parties.

Cheap energy and stopping climate change are not mutually exclusive goals.

The indolence of our political class lies at the center of the systemic dysfunctions bedeviling Western democracies.