The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai.

Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.

The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.

I'm largely in favor of financial reform.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the largest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore.

Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order.