Most countries celebrated this month's slaying of Osama bin Laden as an unadulterated good, but two of them are reacting with ambivalence. China and Pakistan have found the death of the al Qaeda leader an opportune time to solidify a relationship that has a distinct anti-American odor.

Greece's economic and political unraveling could not be coming at a worse moment for President Obama. The crisis has the potential to send shock waves not simply through Europe but also through global financial markets on the very eve of the U.S. presidential election.

Some see the newly minted revolution in Tunisia and the unfolding one in Egypt (and possibly Yemen, Jordan and elsewhere) as hopeful news, and others as worrisome.

Disarray--that's one word to describe the status of the Obama administration's legislative program as Congress heads into its final four weeks of work before the August recess.

Olivier Roy provides yet more evidence of just how poor a resource so many professors are when it comes to formulating foreign and national security policies.

Presidential politics this year has often seemed to resemble what science writer James Gleick described in his book "Chaos."

As NATO summits go, this weekend's meeting of the alliance's members in Chicago may be memorable if only for being the least memorable one in recent history. Of course, quiet summits are not necessarily bad summits. 

When GOP candidates open their Christmas presents, they will find the forces of chaos and disorder, as well as a sliver of hope that they can win the nomination.