In meeting with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas,Condoleezza Rice is looking for diplomatic successes in all the wrong places.

Five years ago, a Hezbollah ambush set off the 34-day conflict that has loomed large over the region ever since. The five-year anniversary provides an opportunity to reexamine the conflict, and what others may learn from it, including American officials.

It defies common sense to believe that even vigorous U.S. diplomatic efforts through the Annapolis Process can result in true progress in the Middle East.

White House faith in Mahmoud Abbas is misplaced, and its support will backfire.

Former president Jimmy Carter's critique of Israel as a racist state is wrong.

Government and business leaders helddiscussions of international trade and security, global economic trends, politics, and social policy at the Sixteenth Annual AEI World Forum.

The allure of securing a place in history could account for the about-face on key foreign policy issues in North Korea and the Middle East.