Shared wariness over China is the main reason the U.S. and Vietnam have embraced each other. But it shouldn’t be the only one.

Hanoi

Reflecting its buzzing energy, Vietnam is eager to play a larger role in Asia. Given the challenges it faces, America would welcome another willing partner in an increasingly tense region. But the gap between Washington and Hanoi remains large, and unless both sides take the courtship...

President Obama’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops is the mother of all disasters.

The champion of the Iraq surge argues that now is no time to go soft on another front.

The emerging tiger of Southeast Asia has hit a rough patch, but its long-term outlook remains bright.

The end of American military presence in Iraq is not the end of Iraq or the end of America’s interests in Iraq.  The worst manifestation of the Vietnam complex that has informed so many decisions about American policy in Iraq is the inherent conviction that Iraq will disappear into the dustbin of history once America leaves, as Vietnam did.

Thirty-three years after the fall of Saigon,much has changed--but not enough.

The time is coming for Romney to get angry, very angry, with what is increasingly, quaintly called "the mainstream media."