Syria's population is 74% Sunni Muslim.

Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure.

At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.

While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.

America was not founded to improve health care or housing; it was founded for freedom.

The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics and diplomacy.

As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt.