There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro.

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

Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security.

After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration.

There is no way around the contradictions and dangers inherent in Israel's decision to free over 1,000 prisoners in order to liberate Gilad Shalit.

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