The Moscow City Duma election of December 2005 yields clues to national trends in voter attitudes and how the parties should strategize in advance of the 2007 national elections.

Statsminister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (V) får uforbeholden ros fra amerikanske tænketanke for at have åbnet det internationale opgør med Ruslands lange og blodige besættelse af de baltiske lande.

Until Iran is defeated, Iraqi leaders will always cater to the edicts coming from Tehran.

Combating terrorists in Pakistan's borderlands was hard enough, but now the Obama administration must take actions to prevent Pakistan from evading U.S. and international pressure to attack the terrorist cancer eating away at Punjab, the nation's must populated province.

Pakistan's floods have worsened well beyond the capacity of the government to react and the Taliban and Islamist extremists are aiming to capitalize on the publicity that the relief effort is receiving.

India and Pakistan have announced that peace talks will resume. But until Pakistan rethinks its policy on terrorism, don't expect real progress.

How can we keep saying that Pakistan is moderate, when they continue to spill blood in the name of religion.

Under increasing pressure from religious parties and the military and intelligence services, the Pakistan People's Party has lost the resolve to fight terrorism and promote democracy.