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

If the crisis over Iraq can finally bury the fantasy of splitting the West by building a rival European superpower, even the recent tantrums of France and Germany may well have been worth it.

John Paul II"s confidence in the inalienability of certain rights was a spiritual rock on which whole peoples rebuilt faith in their own human dignity.

Pope John Paul II has madehistoryin ways that his Western critics barely understand.

Why does Iran consider Afghanistan so important? What are Iran's strategic aims in Afghanistan?

Rather than stemming from irrationality, fear, or hatred, racism developed in Europe, prior to slavery, as part of a rational and scientific project to understand the world.

Always generous with advice, a chorus of European officials has been urging the United States Senate to ratify the "Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty."

Serbs should decide Milosevic's fate, not a distant, unaccountable international body that is very far from having proven either its effectiveness or desirability.