Francoise Hollande’s defeat of Americain Nicolas Sarkozy does matter when it comes to foreign policy because Sarkozy has arguably been the most alliance-friendly French leader in decades—perhaps ever. 

America's security and economic interests in Iraq have never been greater, but Obama's commitment is uncertain.

For Pakistan, founded as a homeland for all Indian Muslims, the Sunni-Shiite divide is an awkward subject that many would rather ignore. But the rest of the world needs to pay more attention to this conflict.

The United States and Britain have long shared a special relationship, but the recent release of the Lockerbie bomber has put that relationship in jeopardy.

There's a lot that the United States can do when it comes to Pakistan, but none of it can be done quickly. Nor can it be done without facing, as Admiral Mike Mullen did at last, the truth about the Pakistani Army.

Once relegated to low quality computer-to-computer communication, Internet voice telephone service--dubbed Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP--now appears ready for prime time.

TheUnited Statesmight get closer to its goals in the Middle East if everyone would jettison the fiction of a unified, single Iraq.

A review of William Easterly's book The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good.