Progress against poverty requires measuring countries by the rule of law, judicial independence and free speech.

By not moving decisively to quash U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's call for an "international" inquiry into the Gaza flotilla fiasco, Obama's inaction is understood as implicitly consenting to this flagrant abuse of the U.N. Charter.

New UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has done well where he deferred to member governments, supported UN reform and demonstrated personal integrity.

The failure of Kurdish leaders to fulfill their diplomatic agenda extends beyond the latest Turkish incursion. Turkey's occupations, however, provide the Kurdistan Regional Government with an opportunity.

John R. Bolton responds to questions about Iran, Israel, the UN, and Barack Obama's foreign policy.

The United Nations is about to elect its eighth secretary general. Which candidate offers the best hope for inaugurating the deep reform that the organization needs so badly?

Somalia's turmoil is yet another compelling example that the rest of the world will not stand idly, waiting for America to solve its domestic problems.