Venezuela's dictator Hugo Chávez was informed five years ago that his close ally Gen. Henry Rangel Silva – the man whom he recently named Defense Minister – is involved in cocaine smuggling.

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The United States has been engaged in the war in Iraq for more than thirty months now, but the nature of the war and the challenges it poses to coalition forces have not been consistent...

President Obama’s Mexico strategy picked up where the Bush-era “Merida Plan” package left off. In 2012, if Mexicans choose a new president who decides to end the anti-drug offensive, we may wish that we had done more to support our Mexican allies when we had the chance.

Obama's Stakhanovite efforts to transform America's economy and society into something akin to European-style social democracy are undergoing considerable analysis and debate, especially as the 2012 campaign steams towards November. Most presidential re-election contests are referenda on the incumbent, and this year will be no exception.

While President Obama's decision to deny Taiwan a credible air force adds to Taipei's defense burdens, all may not be lost. Washington and Taipei are hinting at combined work on a new Taiwan defense policy.

In order to defend U.S. interests and advance U.S. values, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be direct with Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa about his authoritarian style, abuse of the courts, and tolerance of drug trafficking and other corruption.

Faced with the likelihood of spreading violence and Iranian influence in Iraq and throughout the Middle East, will the next president make the hard choices to confront those threats to American national security, or will he or she seek to remain aloof?

The conservative ruling party in El Salvador is waging a surprisingly uphill battle against the leftist front that waged a bloody guerrilla war in the 1970s and 1980s.