Since there is no demand for dangerous medicine, international action has a far greater chance of success than the war against narcotics.

A neuroscientist recalls how a host of substances took over his life and how, at last, he learned to impose new patterns of thought and behavior.

With 100,000 patients dying every year from dangerous medicines, it is time to take concrete actions. Establishing a treaty against fake medicines should be the first step.

President Obama is reportedly considering releasing several senior Taliban leaders from Guantanamo Bay as an enticement to get the Taliban to the peace table. If he does so, he will do tremendous harm to American national security — and to his prospects for reelection this fall.

The White House hopes that a smooth transition will help them to begin drawing down American forces this summer and end the foreign combat mission in Afghanistan by 2014. But the withdrawal begins at a time when security is worse than it has been in nine years.

As fighting continues unabated in Iraq, Afghanistan has emerged as a surprise success story in the global war on terror. Contrary to widespread predictions, democratic elections have twice been held peacefully, while the Karzai government has expanded its control beyond Kabul and curbed the influence of warlords. At the same...

The Americanization of the Afghan war is a key to victory, but victory in Afghanistan is a single campaign in the long war.

Counterfeit drugs have contaminated India's pharmaceutical supply, putting the entire Indian medical system at risk, and can only be stopped by a broader political effort.