Slim's actions when he became British chief of staff were to shake up the system. He took over from Bernard Montgomery, who, true to form, used the occasion of the change of command to whine about things. Slim's response: "What have YOU done?!" A succinct but scathing indictment of the British system of leadership.

The uprising in Tibet may become a serious problem for China in the future.

The fight against terrorism is no closer to success today than it was a decade ago when, in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, President George W. Bush declared a Global War on Terrorism.

The humanitarian impulse leads us to help the suffering Burmese--even against the will of the irrational military junta in Rangoon.

It is hard to see how the march to democracy can be suppressed now that the Asian "economic miracle," which served as the rationale for so much authoritarian rule, has crashed to Earth.

The Disinherited is full of revisionist propositions, some of which will clearly startle even those who think they know something of Spanish history.

Little is known about North Korea's Kim Jong Il, but the mysterious "Dear Leader" has long been thought an avid cinema enthusiast and film director in his own right. Those rumors were convincingly confirmed last week, at the three-day, first-ever summit in Pyongyang between leaders of North and South Korea....

Although North Korea is establishing or reviving diplomatic relations with a number of other countries, including South Korea, the West should continue to approach North Korea warily.