It's not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.

The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.

The Iraqi elections were an important first step.

Russia right now is searching for its soul. It's trying to figure out what it really is.

I think America has to do more than be a broker now. Because both the Palestinians are weak and Israel is very weak.

Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It's the United States.