The message from Europe is clear: Israel and Sharon, not the terrorists,are to blame for future attacks by Palestinian terrorists on its citizens.

Why is Ariel Sharon evacuating Gaza? It is not because he believes that a decent Palestinian state will emerge after the Israelis withdraw. Nobody believes that.

With slowing economic growth, a publicly feuding cabinet, and a series of corruption scandals that have paralyzed governance, you might think the last thing India needs is a foreign policy mishap. But there's no other way to characterize New Delhi's full-throated support for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas's dangerous grandstanding at the United Nations in pursuit of statehood.

The ruling, left-leaning Congress Party is failing India. However, their opposition--the BJP--is not ready to enter the global mainstream as a modern conservative party.

Since the recent reelection of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Israel has largely dropped from the news. The removal of Saddam Hussein and the establishment of a democratic government in Baghdad promise the beginnings of a new Middle East. But which domino will fall next? Does the impending war with Iraq...

Sharon's first few days as prime minister-designate of Israel bode ill indeed for the outcome of the ongoing Middle East war.

Recent advances in Iran’s nuclear weapons program show that events are moving extraordinarily swiftly, as Tehran nears the end of its decades-long quest to possess a lethal WMD capability.