An unfortunate aspect of national discourse on Afghanistan has been a loss of focus on how South Asia fits more broadly into the wider Asian region and beyond. This means measuring U.S. actions in South Asia against two broader yardsticks: their impact on the spread of radical Islam and on hegemonic Chinese ambitions in Asia.

Rather than impose democracy on the Arab world, the United States seeks to support the building blocks for political and economic reform that already exist throughout the region. But as the first installment in AEI’s Dissent and Reform in the Arab World conference series has shown, the brave and...

The U.S. secretary of state should have more to say than simply that anti-Assad forces will 'somewhere, somehow, find the means to defend themselves.'

Today with GDP growth slowing, the rupee softening and the stock market in a funk, it's time to reassess Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's record.

How much more evidence do we need that we should not risk a single American to protect Yasser Arafat, the terrorist?

Should Canada continue giving aid to the Palestinian Authority?

Why is Ariel Sharon evacuating Gaza? It is not because he believes that a decent Palestinian state will emerge after the Israelis withdraw. Nobody believes that.

It is time for Middle Eastern countries to follow Damascus's lead in creating heavy penalties for the fake-pharmaceutical trade.