If Erdogan believes it is up to any state and any region to choose its own name, then no longer should the Turkish government complain when diplomats and officials speak of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraqi Kurdistan, or even South Kurdistan.

The Legatum Prosperity Index finds countries that dumped the shackles of communism for a system of freedom and political transparency are much more likely to be prosperous.

Understandably, the country wants its elected representatives to address the nation's fiscal crisis. But in doing so, will it be creating a crisis on the national security front?

UN meeting in Rambouillet represents a massive failure of Western political leadership, and the start of a long and potentially deadly deployment of NATO "peacekeepers."

New York, 28 March: Czech Senate upper house of parliament Foreign Committee Chairman Michael Zantovsky today told CTK that US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for European and NATO Affairs Lisa Bronson had criticized the Czech Army for what she said was failure so far to sufficiently undergo transformation and meet set goals and obligations.

If the pattern of the past few decades holds true, emerging market economies may be facing a darkening future.

The question remains: if Iran were about to develop nuclear weapons and America would decide to attack, where would the Europeans stand?

Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on U.S. policy options in Iraq.