In a major speech May 31, Pres. Biden offered a three-phase plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war, saying “it is time for…

The Biden-Kishida Summit The best thing about diplomacy between government leaders is that it may ease tensions. The worst thing is that…

For those who are dismayed and disturbed by Israel’s disproportionate response to the Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7 last year, Oregon’s Senator…

North Korea’s Calculations Two of America’s most prominent North Korea experts, Robert Carlin and Siegfried Hecker, begin their latest analysis with this sentence: “The…

The Washington Consensus The debt of developing countries is at “crisis” levels, the World Bank has just said. Supporting that view is…

A Badly Weakened Dictatorship Myanmar’s (Burma) military dictatorship, which seized power in 2021, suddenly is vulnerable to attack from the hodgepodge resistance…

Following the Script International conferences almost always fall well short of meeting ambitious reform goals because the large number and variety of…

Israel’s attack on the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City has become both the reality and the symbol of all that is wrong…

Presidents always face uncomfortable choices: supporting human rights versus providing weapons to governments that consistently violate human rights; adding to the nuclear…

Weapons Deals and Heightening Tensions Alarm bells are ringing in Tokyo, Seoul, and Washington over Kim Jong Un’s transactions during his 6-day…