President Obama's belated acknowledgment that Syria's regime has used chemical weapons effectively forced his decision on Thursday to arm the opposition. Whether Mr. Obama's U-turn alters the conflict's course is a different question.

Like most journalists, I like to point back to predictions which proved true and analyses which proved prescient.

Do not consider Iran a democracy. The Supreme Leader is substance; the presidency is only about style.

Since 2011, when Libyans overthrew and killed Moammar Gadhafi, a little-noticed but highly significant legal battle has been fought over who will prosecute those in his regime accused of human-rights abuses.

It would be rash to draw too many conclusions from a fight over Qusayr, Syria,  a town of just 30,000 residents, but the specter that looms is nothing less than the near-complete collapse of the U.S. position in the Middle East.

Turkey’s strength is its people, and it's with the people that the United States should stand.

As the Iranian Navy has expanded its operational reach, Tehran has increasingly courted Khartoum.

The irony of the Iranian system of government is that while the Supreme Leader may, as the “deputy of the Messiah on Earth,” theoretically hold absolute power, the Iranian government is nonetheless riven with factions.

It is in our nation’s vital national security interest to intervene in Syria.

If there was a moment when the United States could have intervened in Syria, it looks like that moment has passed.