When a group of countries block consensus on the most fundamental issues (such as promoting democracy or fighting terrorism or drugs) in a conscious effort to undermine the organization's effectiveness, 'consensus' becomes a weakness.

Internal division and transnational conflict in the Americas are testing the effectiveness of the Organization of American States (OAS). Confronted by controversial constitutional reforms underway in several Andean states, the bid for regional autonomy in Bolivia, the apparent collaboration of states with Colombian narcoterrorist groups, doubts about electoral processes, the...

The United States and its allies and partners must not only understand Iran’s regional strategy and influence but also develop a coherent strategy of their own with which to confront them. Considering the relative economic, political, and diplomatic power of the two sides, it is unacceptable for the United States and its allies to allow Iran even such progress as it has made in these realms.

Our national security would be better served if the United States captured al-Asiri and kept him alive for questioning, so we can find out what he knows.

The importance of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA), enacted on January 1, 2004, is often overshadowed by both the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central America–United States–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Nevertheless, the U.S.-Chile FTA offers valuable lessons about the impact of bilateral trade agreements...

On Feb. 15, Leslie Moonves, the brilliant CEO of CBS, gave a piece of good news to investors — there would be an addition to the bottom line in 2012 of about $190 million, thanks to huge spending on political commercials coming into the network and its owned and operated...

When an imperious bully like Fidel Castro starts to fear, his instinct is to try to sow fear among his enemies. Today, with his student and benefactor, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, dying of cancer, what the Cuban dictator fears most is that his bankrupt regime in Havana is about to lose billions in critical aid and oil.