Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

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

Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day.

When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.

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.

Pessimism is rife in Israel.

Persecution of Christians is growing around the world, and Congress needs to pay more attention to it.