November 9 is the anniversary of both joyous and regrettable events in German history.

The glorious revolution that swept through Russia 20 years ago ushered in a new political system, changing the country's economic foundation while creating a new state: post-imperial Russia. Where did it all go? What happened to the noble fervor, the moral clarity, the thirst for truth, the heroism?

Yeltsin belonged neither to the Soviet Union nor to the West.

The Iraq embassy in Washington is a symptom of many problems with interim Iraqi president Ayad Allawi.

Revolutionary breaks in Russia's political and economic arrangements will take zigzags from democratic breakthroughs to reactionary retrenchment to find a balance between old and new.

Of all the unlikely developments in American politics over the last two decades, the most astonishing is this: liberals suddenly love Ronald Reagan.

Ever so slowly, liberals are attempting a subtle revisionism of Ronald Reagan's presidency.

Islamist regimes in the Middle East increasingly see the United States as a weak, retreating power. This makes war with such regimes more likely.