Our indebtedness is the greatest national security vulnerability America has, and we can afford to accept greater risk in the short-term (the coming several years) in order to put our country on solid financial footing...

The Arab League has finally begun to take the well-being of Arab peoples as seriously -- more seriously -- than its cherished dream of Arab unity. The League negotiated with Syria's dictator to produce an agreement Assad would cease violence against the people of Syria.

The International Atomic Energy Agency yesterday released a report on the status of Iran’s nuclear programs; it makes alarming reading.  The report concludes there is credible basis for concluding that Iran has long had programs and continues to work toward an arsenal of nucle

Greek Prime Minister Papandreou survived the parliamentary vote of confidence, vowed to form a national unity government, and hold elections in March.  At first blush, this would appear to recover the modicum of stability earned by the European Union with its latest bailout pa