For the first time in decades, America is consciously squandering the gifts of its geography.

Some 10,000 Ethiopian Jews owe their lives to Jerry Weaver, an FSO with swash and buckle to spare.

The Administration should fight to preserve Central European University. It’s a rare case where ethics and geopolitics are on the same side.

Style counts—and Trump’s style doesn’t befit an ordinary American citizen, much less the President of the United States.

Aleksander Wat’s life and work stand as warning that the totalitarian temptations of the 20th century have yet to run their course.

Europe is weak and flailing about, facing challenges to its stability from abroad and from within. It may pull through, but it is not a foregone conclusion that it will.

Recent commentary on Europe has been overwhelmingly parochial. You can’t talk about the continent’s crises and future in a vacuum.

A supporter of the Iraq War reckons the costs of “small wars”.

If Iraq drops to page-three or page-four story by the end of 2008, that would qualify as a better outcome, if not exactly a “win.”

A society that believes in nothing will fight for nothing.