The term “rogue state” may be a recent addition to the political lexicon, but rogue states are not a new phenomenon. For as long as there have been international norms, there have been states that have refused to play by the rules. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has embraced this role...

Today Europe faces a great question indeed: whether a system of continual dilution of national sovereignty in order to create a pan-European government is more effective, stable, and just than one in which the continued sovereignty of numerous states allows them to determine their own destiny.

This book provides analysis of the Napoleonic era in Europe and the revealing interaction of continental politics and war shaping our modern world.

Obama has managed to do what no Republican president ever could: destroy the War Powers Act. In a riot of irresponsibility and hypocrisy, Republicans are racing to embrace a law they've long reviled just so they can, accurately, charge Obama with irresponsibility and hypocrisy.

Along with replacing Secretary Gates, choosing a new chairman-the president's senior military adviser-will be among the most important decisions Obama will make. He needs the best advice, not his favorite advice.

Since his inauguration, President Obama has proposed new spending programs that will add $6.5 trillion to the American national debt over the next 10 years.

Chinese authorities are regressing to the blunt instrument of administrative credit and investment controls, whereby the government dictates to the banks how much they might lend.