WASHINGTON The West worries too much about the prospect of Iran going nuclear. If it did get the bomb, the Middle East would probably become a more stable region. So says Kenneth Waltz, a veteran scholar, in an essay in one of America's most influential magazines.
WASHINGTON The 2012 global performance scorecard is in and the grade for Barack Obama is "failed to meet expectations."
WASHINGTON Profits from arms deals tend to trump human rights. The United Nations Security Council, whose five veto-wielding permanent members count among the world's biggest arms dealers, is falling down on its job. Hypocrisy is rampant as governments pay lip service to human rights.
WASHINGTON When U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of Germany, France, Britain, Canada and the European Union first issued public calls for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the death toll in Syria stood at 2,000. That was on in August 18 last year.
WASHINGTON When U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of Germany, France, Britain, Canada and the European Union first issued public calls for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the death toll in Syria stood at 2,000. That was on in August 18 last year.
WASHINGTON, May 7 File this under the rubric "Only in America" - sticks, poles and water guns will be banned from the centre of Tampa at the Republican Party's national convention next August. Guns, however, will be allowed.
WASHINGTON Take note of a new phrase in the seemingly endless debate over whether the days of the United States as the world's pre-eminent power are numbered: those who doubt the country's economic decline are said to be holding an "intellectual ostrich position."
WASHINGTON Take note of a new phrase in the seemingly endless debate over whether the days of the United States as the world's pre-eminent power are numbered: those who doubt the country's economic decline are said to be holding an "intellectual ostrich position."
WASHINGTON Long before he was in a position to change his country's policies, Barack Obama had firm views on a complex problem: "The war on drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws. We need to rethink how we're operating the drug war."
NEW YORK WASHINGTON Every day, around 1,600 U.S. citizens of Latin American extraction are reaching 18 years of age - voting age - and adding to the fastest-growing segment of the American electorate.
Myanmar's major trade unions called on members to shut down the economy from Monday to support a campaign against last month's coup, turning up the pressure on the junta as security forces cracked down on demonstrators staging widespread protests.