Progress against poverty requires measuring countries by the rule of law, judicial independence and free speech.

Does Detroit’s fate foretell the end of American democracy?

The U.S. secretary of state should have more to say than simply that anti-Assad forces will 'somewhere, somehow, find the means to defend themselves.'

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

When people take to the streets in great numbers, authoritarian and dictatorial regimes can only survive if the police or military are willing to shoot.

Is the stability of an internationally criminal, cruelly dictatorial, nuclear-weapons-equipped North Korea really somethingthatshould valued above all conceivable alternatives?

The passage of the financial-reform bill contributed to the biggest drop in equity markets in more than a year, showing markets understand the bleak future of a land of high taxes, big government, complex regulations, and indignant politicians.