We support President Obama's commitment to the aid and reconstruction of Haiti, but it underscores our need for additional military capabilities.

On December 12, Harvard and Georgetown Universities each accepted a $20 million donation from Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz.

For the first time in 20 years, Saudi Arabia has named an ambassador to Iraq. For years the Saudis resisted U.S. entreaties to take this step, and the current relationship between these two most important Arab countries in the Gulf has not been warm, so the timing is curious and...

Can Americans and Europeans agree on the Middle East?

The Financial Times’s Ed Luce has a largely incomprehensible column on the witches’ brew of Iran, Barack Obama, Israel, and the Republicans in today’s paper. Starting off coherently, Luce notes that 2012 may be the “year of Iran,” if Tehran achieves nuclear capability,...

Superintendent Deasy discusses his vision for Los Angeles School District and how he plans to boost results while wrestling with a severe budget shortfall.

In this era of constrained resources, how can schools cut costs, eliminate inefficient spending, and fuel school improvement?

The British surrender of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942 should be instructive to U.S. policymakers eyeing China’s rise. War isn’t inevitable, but history is full of surprises.