When Vladimir Putin returns to the Russian presidency on Monday, May 7, the pageantry surrounding his inauguration will aim to portray a picture of unassailable strength, a confident master of his domain invulnerable to pressures from within or without. But things are not quite as stable...

The key factor in Asia's underlying instability may be China's rise relative to Japan's decline, so it will be important to managing the growing Sino-U.S. security competition so that rivalry does not lead to conflict.

One mark of a great book is a thesis so powerful that after a few years people take it for granted. Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions (1987) is such a book.

Europeans are standing up for their national identities at the risk of being labeled "extremists" by the Eurocrats.

Attempts to abolish conflicts of interest in the FDAcould tie the organization'shands as it goes about the crucial task of marshalling the best scientific advice.

If Republicans continue to follow the "parent-in-chief" model of Mr. Bush, their power will wither away. But if they appeal to small-government conservatives and moderates, the GOP can survive.

There will be no peace and quiet in Iraq so long as the terror masters rule in Syria and Iran, and so long as the Saudi royal family continues to fund terrorist groups around the world.

A pragmatic assessment of the situation in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East underlines the daunting obstacles in the way of a democratic transformation.