Choice in Middle Eastern politics ranges from the bad to the worse, and Egypt is no exception.

With popular revolts toppling long-standing Arab dictatorships, Obama wants to know why the intelligence community was once again taken by surprise.

At last, Cairo seems to understand how countering the Hamas smuggling operations is in its own national security interests.

Those sincerely concerned with America’s security should reject utterly the notion that bin Laden’s death will allow us to declare "mission accomplished" and withdraw from the Middle East, and the world.

The elites' excusing of tyranny has real-world consequences, as it leads to appeasement and weakness. The intellectual class that had come to regard Qaddafi as a more or less normal ruler with potentially reasonable or liberal inclinations has no such excuse, and their self-deception has had the consequence of enabling the policy incoherence of our political leaders.

China’s version of the Arab world’s "Jasmine Revolution" was a complete failure. Why are China's leaders overreacting?

The Bush administration could leave the world a parting gift by calling on the United Nations to enforce its own charter and boot out members that preach the destruction of Israel.

Al-Qaida is a movement that requires extreme violence to win success. The war will continue, and seems more likely to grow than to end.