Thank you, Madam Chairman.Among the very top priorities of U.S. foreign and security policies, I doubt there are many – if any – objectives more important than a free, democratic, stable, and prosperous Russia, at peace, in the long last, with its own people, its neighbors and the...

Will we recover, unbridle ourselves of debt, innovate, pay for our national security? Or, is China fated to become number one, leaving us to live in a Chinese world?

Robert Conquest has made an exceptional contribution to the world’s understanding of Soviet and other communist political systems. His work today continues to illuminate their origins, character, and institutional and moral failures. Conquest’s numerous studies also shed light on political violence and repression under various social and historical conditions. His...

Robert Conquest has made an exceptional contribution to the world’s understanding of Soviet and other communist political systems. His work today continues to illuminate their origins, character, and institutional and moral failures. Conquest’s numerous studies also shed light on political violence...

The real question hanging over all this is whether there was a quid pro quo for Mr. Chen’s release.

It was something of a momentous weekend in Arab League history. For the first time ever, the League imposed serious sanctions on one of its own and not for anything related to Israel. Rather, the Arab League voted to impose sanctions on Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria for its continued campaign of repression and murder.

People who illegally received money through the U.N. oil-for-food program, intended for the Iraqis, should face criminal prosecution and be forced to return their ill-gotten gains.

The past two weeks of turmoil and drama in Sino-American affairs may well be the new normal, not an exception to an otherwise placid bilateral relationship. While Friday brought news of a possible deal allowing dissident Chen Guangcheng to leave China to study in America, that deal is no more certain than the earlier, failed deal, announced just days before