The Anglo-American partnership is alive and well--but America"s closest ally? She"s down under.

A new book on the foreign policy of former president Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger lacks depth and thoughtfulness.

Are the Arabs capable of democracy? And if so, can Americans be the agents of their transformation? The answer, of course, is that no one knows.

If the Bush administration wantsa "forward strategy of freedom" for the Muslim world, it cannot turn a blind eye to Libyan president Gaddafi's internal repression and international adventurism.