Foreign Policy in Focus

The Obama administration is tightening its sanctions against Iran -- but this is not a smart policy.

The United States is sanctioning North Korea at the worst time -- for itself, as well as them.

However compassionate its origins, like all religions, Buddhism resorts to violence.

Iraq and Afghanistan may be a lot less ready for democracy than we think.

The Gulf oil spill rightly provoked congressional outrage at the perpetrators. But where was the outrage for the oil spill in 2006 in Lebanon?

When it comes to evaluating our military, Andrew Bacevich's analyses are as accurate as they are eloquent.

An idea for a new CIA-based reality show.

Talk of war with Iran and peace in the Middle East are two sides of the same coin.

By embracing the myth of the surge, Joe Biden reveals the extent to which Obama has continued Bush's strategy.

Imagine a drone equipped with a nuclear warhead.

Labor Day doesn't have to be about barbecues.

United States President Barack Obama will try this week to underline his progress in extricating the US from the morass his predecessor's "war on terror" in the Greater Middle East.

Avni Dogru summarises the Middle East's falling in and out of love with President Barack Obama. Without a rapid reversal of U.S. policy, it looks as if the downward trend will only accelerate.

For as long as I could remember, the Brandenburg Gate had been the preeminent symbol of the age and Berlin the epicenter of contemporary history. Yet by the time I made it to the once and future German capital, history was already moving on.

Key Peruvian ally in U.S. "war on drugs" sentencing to 20 years in prison for running guns to Colombia's FARC upheld.

"Thanks for nothing" would be the proper response by Muslims to "tolerance" by Christians and Jews.