Until the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the American view of radical Islam and its many discontents was shaped more by the Middle East than South Asia. The U.S. has long been at odds with the raging Ayatollah in Iran, the murderous truck bomber in Lebanon and the masked Palestinian "freedom...

War is either such an evil in itself that the United States should withdraw from its dominant world position or greater causes—such as advancing human freedom—can make war necessary. Two books on justice in war implicitly probe this profound choice.

Iran's arrest of journalist Roxana Saberi recalls Iraq's treatment of Farzad Bazoft.

Misinformation on domestic violence against women leads to misdirected policies that fail to target the true causes of violence.

It isn’t easy to attract 2,000 people to a conference on women’s rights. But Tina Brown, editor-in-chief of Newsweek and the Daily Beast, carried it off. On March 8, she filled an auditorium at Lincoln Center in New York City with mostly high-powered professional women and kept them enthralled for three days.

Employers worry more about the effects of a bad hire than about the problems of hiring someone who is competent but not exceptional.

A new book on Iran and U.S.-Iranian relations is long on polemics and short on quality analysis.

We seem afraid to confront thepossibility that Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia is killing off its political opponents.