When Barack Obama is inaugurated in January, he will face one of the most daunting international economic and security situations since the Cold War’s end. As he confronts a global financial crisis, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the continuing threat of jihadist terrorism, he will also be forced to...

Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemiesis abook whose predictions and analysis willappear silly in hindsight.

It's nice when a big Washington scandal works out pleasantly for somebody.

In "Hubris," a minutely detailed study of the Valerie Plame affair, David Corn and Michael Isikoff reveal the leaker: Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.

Has a Washington scandal ever ended with a more anti-climactic splat than the Valerie Plame/Joe Wilson affair?

Washington is signaling timidity toward Chinese bellicosity.

Podhoretz criticizes Bush's foreign policy and relatesBush's decisions to the arguments made by the 2008 presidential candidates in the upcoming election.

I predict that we'll yet see Ambassador Bolton raise his hand over the American desk at the Security Council.