Ayaan Hirsi Ali, forced to go into hiding after the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, argues that if Europe doesn't stand up to extremists, it will spread a culture of self-censorship.

President Obama has an arrogance problem that has been reflected in his policy proposals, which is not a matter of psychology but of strategy.

I wonder if there are many who believe the Europeans can solve any serious problems nowadays. They certainly can"t manage the Iranian challenge.

European skeptics about the Iraq war jeer at the United States, but theypropose no solutions to accompany their criticism.

Now that European scientists have declared human use of fossil fuels to be the cause of global warming, what are European politicians going to do about it?

President George W Bush is savouring headlines hailing him as a new Ronald Reagan spreading liberty in his wake after his tour of Europe.

GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schröder"s bid to stop new member states charging attractively low rates of corporate tax could damage the EU"s wealth, a leading American tax expert has warned.

An Obama presidency, or merely an Obama candidacy, might force a broader international discussion of race.