At this event, panelists discussed U.S.-Syria policy.

While we should have long since been pursuing regime change against the Assad family tyranny, the unhappy reality today is that ousting Assad is not something we should entrust to Barack Obama.

Iraq should begin considering what it will do if Iraqi President Jalal Talabani dies. If they start considerations now, the transition of power will be much smoother.

America's complete withdrawal of its troops from Iraq is a tragic mistake. It jeopardises the gains made by President Bush's (and Tony Blair's) eminently correct 2003 decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein, and risks the broader Middle East falling into chaos.

Because of the Obama administration's reluctance to confront this looming threat, others—such as the Republican presidential candidates—must begin preparing the case for a military strike to destroy Iran's nuclear program.

Aview of what the Bush policy was in the beginning and what it became in the end.

The time has come to try again to oust Assad this timewith the newly energized Lebanese opposition.

There is an Obama Effect, and it has less to do with reform and more to do with American arrogance and the triumph of advocacy over analysis.