The most disturbing aspect of the plot to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States is that Iran's thugs are developing a strategic partnership with Mexico's most violent thugs: Los Zetas.

We must abandon the mirages, to which Obama still clings, that Iran might negotiate an acceptable "solution" to its nuclear weapons program, or merely that economic sanctions will somehow force Iran to negotiate. No wonder the Iranian regime mocks us for weakness and willful blindness.

Forty-five thousand Mexican troops have been deployed against the narcotraffickers. But they need more than just military aid from their North American neighbors.

Faced with the likelihood of spreading violence and Iranian influence in Iraq and throughout the Middle East, will the next president make the hard choices to confront those threats to American national security, or will he or she seek to remain aloof?

In the 2010 elections, even the Finnish districts that used to be mostly Democratic have swung to the right.

Barack Obama's foreign policy is beginning to take shape, and it is something like a continuation of Bush policies.

Former ambassador James Lilley and former Rep. Stephen Solarz are leading a bipartisan observer team to monitor Cambodia's election Sunday.

Drug-related violence threatens both the United States and Mexico, and both countries must meet their responsibilities to confront the illegal drug trade.