What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.

American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.

We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.

When I wake up in the morning, I think about Syria.

In the 2000 election, George W. Bush, who had shirked military service, succeeded in presenting himself as more reliable on national security than Al Gore.

I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.

Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.