July 16, 2012 | This article discusses Middle Eastern attitudes toward democracy and the role that the United States and others play in helping or hindering democratization in the Muslim world.
July 9, 2012 | This article examines the troubled relations between the U.S. and Pakistan in light of events which occurred throughout recent years.
June 7, 2012 | This article discusses the current politics surrounding the Law of the Sea Treaty, particularly the right-wing opposition.
May 25, 2012 | This article discusses the latest developments in the tension between Washington and Tehran over Iran's nuclear program as the Baghdad talks approach quickly.
May 5, 2012 | War fever has broken -- temporarily anyway.
April 9, 2012 | As the search for the next leader of the World Bank continues, President Obama has pushed hard for Jim Yong Kim, a health development specialist, to lead the world's largest multilateral development institution.
March 20, 2012 | Despite indications that direct military involvement in Syria would be unwise, strong supporters of Israel like John McCain have called for the U.S military to bomb the country, in addition to Iran.
February 20, 2012 | President Obama's new budget requests an increase in State Department funding, but simultaneously decreases funds vital for humanitarian, health, and other aid groups.
January 24, 2012 | The postponement of a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise appears to be the culmination of a series of events that has impelled the Barack Obama administration to put more distance between the United States and aggressive Israeli policies toward Iran.
November 29, 2011 | Despite repeated expressions of support by President Barack Obama for democratic change during the "Arab Spring", the United States remains widely distrusted in the region, according to a major new survey of public opinion in five Arab countries released here Monday.