The U.S. secretary of state should have more to say than simply that anti-Assad forces will 'somewhere, somehow, find the means to defend themselves.'

Understandably, the country wants its elected representatives to address the nation's fiscal crisis. But in doing so, will it be creating a crisis on the national security front?

From remarks by Bujar Bokoshi, a Kosovo leader, to the New Atlantic Initiative Congress in Istanbul.

Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia and its subsequent recognition by the West could spell a new, disruptive era of separatist civil wars.

Attacking Qaddafi’s military equipment—whether it is threatening civilian populations or not—is an essential next step, but it does not guarantee success for the rebels, still less for the United States.

A Stability Pact for the Balkans is important, but the real pact has to be for the U.S., its allies, and the region itself to tackle the most difficult and costly problems.

'From the beginning, Milosevic has proceeded by forceand responded only to force . . . He has not been moved byappeals to conscience, enlightened self-interest or honor.'SERB attacks have intensified each day of the bombing. But Serb military forces and paramilitary gangs had swarmed into Kosovo's capital, Pristina,...

The price of American leadership on the cheap turns out once again to be messy and expensive.