To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.

As soon as people become a little less fearful, they will also begin demanding more freedom.

The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you.

My theory is that security - also against terror - can only be accomplished through global democratization.

Those who warned that Gorbachev was being put under too much pressure were wrong.

When did America forget that it's America?

I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.