War this year in Iraq may not yet be inevitable but it looks increasingly likely. If it is to be avoided, the coming week is crucial. If war is at hand, the next few days could decide whether the US-led invasion goes ahead with the formal blessing of the United Nations, or whether Washington and a small group of allies go in alone.

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

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

Worsening economic conditions will force central banks to resort to more aggressive quantitative easing until the economy recovers.

A pragmatic assessment of the situation in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East underlines the daunting obstacles in the way of a democratic transformation.

At this conference, panelists will consider the distinguishing characteristics of “tax haven” countries, the use of tax havens by U.S. and foreign investors, and the economic impacts of tax havens on high-tax countries. Unilateral and multilateral policy responses will be discussed, including presentations by Bill Thomas, chairman of the U.S....

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is celebrating an anniversary this month, but the alliance is in danger of coming apart, which would be to the detriment of all its members.

Richard J. McNally's Remembering Trauma is a powerful counterweight to literature that is often sloppy and to a field that is too often susceptible to the promptings of politics and culture.