Former UN SecGen Kofi Annan just wrapped a breathtakingly cynical press conference in Turkey, insisting his peace plan for Syria is not dead despite new demands from the Assad regime and failure to withdraw from major city centers agreed to in the Annan plan.

Despite these criticisms, the book can be a useful read. For those who agree that Obama should have done more to extend a hand of friendship to Tehran, it will be a satisfying exercise in self-affirmation.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali's memoir Infidel tells the story of her emancipation.

A victory for moderate Islam over extremism has been a key foreign policy goal for the United States since the events of September 11. The reform and modernizing of education throughout the Muslim world is a crucial building block in the battle against extremism. Teaching hatred has bolstered groups like...

Winning the War on Terror requires a traditional American policy: support for democratic revolution against our tyrannical enemies.

Can the Saudi kingdom extricate itself from terror?

Two questions have been raised about Osama bin Laden. First, if bin Laden opposes the Saudi regime, why has he never struck Saudi targets? Second, if he threatens Saudi Arabia, why has the Saudi government taken the lead in recognizing and funding the Taliban government of Afghanistan, which is entwined...

To mark its10th anniversary,The Weekly Standardinvited several of its valued contributors to reflect on the decade past and, at least indirectly, on the years ahead.