Back in 1919, poet William Butler Yeats described his angst about Europe after World War I by describing a “rough…

WHEN the “Arab Spring” unexpectedly broke out late last year, Natan Sharansky waxed optimistic. Writing in the Washington Post in…

In coming days, the U.S. Senate will begin its deliberations over New START, the major new arms control pact finalized…

For those who aren’t regular watchers of Palestinian politics, this week was just like any other. For those who are,…

Give Barack Obama credit for thinking big. Since taking office this past January, the president has embarked upon a fundamental…

These are hopeful and perilous times in Tehran. Ever since the blatant fraud of Iran’s June 12th presidential election, popular…

What a difference a few days can make. Last week, ahead of Iran’s presidential elections, I wrote here that the outcome…

Tomorrow, Iranians will go to the polls to elect a new president in what has become the most anticipated political…

Timing, they say, is everything. At the moment, no one knows that better than the EastWest Institute. On Tuesday, with…

By now, the idea that Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of international terrorism is fairly common knowledge. Even so,…