George Bush’s finest hour
(Washington, D.C.): President Bush has been getting a lot of free advice lately about what he should say in his...
Foreign Policy
Condi Rice signals the jig is up for Saddam
(Washington, D.C.): The latest indication that the Bush Administration has concluded that Saddam Hussein has blown his last chance for...
A coup won’t do
(Washington, D.C.): The current buzz is that the Saudis, Egyptians, Turks and others are plotting to have Saddam Hussein removed...
Unable to verify, unworthy of trust
(Washington, D.C.): Hans Blix today reminded the world why he was chosen as chief UN weapons inspector by those who...
North Korean scorecard
(Washington, D.C.): The headlines these days are chock-a-block with warnings of nuclear war from North Korea. Scarcely less shrill are...
Will the Bush Team Staff up to Stop a Nuclear Melt-down?
(Washington, D.C.): Ever since North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong-Il, broke bad -- acknowledging cheating on his promises to forego nuclear...
Serious about defending America
(Washington, D.C.): Some good may yet come in the wake of the disastrous decision to permit North Korean ballistic missiles...
Bizarro: Spain intercepts N. Korean Scuds at US urging, but US sends the Scuds to Yemen
It began as perfect teamwork: The US informed Spanish warships in the Arabian Sea about an unflagged North Korean freighter...
Get On With It: Time To Deploy Sea-Based Missile Defenses
Last week, the Pentagon demonstrated for the third time in a row the inherent feasibility of recommendations insistently advanced over...
With friends like the Saudis…
(Washington, D.C.): Suddenly, official Washington is publicly seized with a subject that has, until recently, generally been considered impolitic to...
How the Saudis control the voice of Islam in America
(Washington, D.C.): UCLA Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl has received death threats since 9/11 - but not from anti-Muslim hate...
Could Israel die of thirst?
(Washington, D.C.): Last night, the Washington area was drenched overnight by a steady, hours-long downpour. As the rain fell, a...
President Bush Wants to Liberate Iraq, But the UN Security Council Does Not
In his press conference this afternoon, President Bush demonstrated once again his determination to prevent the danger posed by Saddam...
In Memoriam an unsung hero of the Cold War: William T. Lee
(Washington, D.C.): A formidable intellect and tenacious analyst of Moscow and Beijing's military capabilities passed away last week. His friends...
Krauthammer urges Bush to hold that line at the U.N.
(Washington, D.C.): Few syndicated columnists of our time address matters of state with the vision and verve of Charles Krauthammer....
Against Us
(Washington, D.C.): For months now, President Bush has been declaring that nations around the world had a choice to make....