Should the United Nations mandate in Iraq be extended?

The Iraqi political process's best chance for success lies in respecting the Iraqi prime minister's decision to deny populist temptations and focus on the tough reforms ahead.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani became a convicted felon last week, sparking loud cries from opposition leaders for his resignation. But what does his conviction really mean for Pakistani politics?

Washington Post editorial writer and liberal blogger Jonathan Capehart is puzzled. Why does the "non-issue" of Harvard law professor and Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's Native American ancestry "require so much attention?" he asked last week.

When Warren was teaching at Pennsylvania, Texas and...

Congress shouldfocus onreforming policies that inhibit private sector capacity to provide insurance and reinsurance for terrorism losses at premium rates.

The leadership of the ISI is changing hands at a critical time for both the U.S. and Pakistan.

Inspired by President Obama’s cheap election-year politicking, Congress has launched into a frenzied, bipartisan panderfest over the Stafford loan program. Late last week, an emotional House speaker John Boehner led House Republicans to vote for an Obama-proposed giveaway he’d denounced just a few days previously.For those who don’t...

Is there a new front opening in the Cold War between Russia and the United States?This is not a good time for a summit meeting, with both countries expelling 50 of each other's diplomats in the middle of what some say is the worst spy scandal ever between the two nations.