During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner.

The intersection of religion and world politics has often been a bloody crossroads.

Pundits are used to analyzing the gap between what our ideals suggest and what our security interests require.

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

The United States should help strengthen nongovernmental humanitarian agencies working in Sudan so that they can handle an increased flow of aid.

Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective, Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American support for human rights activists is a moral imperative for us and also makes the world safer for us.

Reformist kings can save their dynasties now by helping their countries move smoothly into democracy, or they will end their years in exile like the Russian aristocrats of a century earlier.