1. Protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egypt, February 25, 2011 (Joel Carillet)

    Brain Drain, Soft Power And Orientalist Revolutions

    The Arab spring was neither democratic nor liberal because those values are indigenous only to America and Europe.

  1. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican Party presidential hopeful, appears on NBC's Meet the Press, January 22, 2012

    Newt Channels Conservatives’ Resentment Of Mitt Romney

    Newt Gingrich’s win in South Carolina has less to do with the former House speaker and everything with Mitt Romney.

  1. Photo of the 1912 Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois

    Gingrich Win Raises Prospect of Brokered Convention

    As a Romney candidacy seems less likely, the primary battle could take months and fail to find a nominee.

  1. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran, September 17, 2011

    What’s Going On Behind the Scenes in Tehran

    Trying to make sense of Iran’s internal power struggles is akin to Cold War Kremlinology. We never know for sure.

  1. British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband (Reuters)

    Labour Party’s Got Deeper Problems Than Miliband

    The British opposition leader is deeply unpopular. His predicament is reflective of the ideological gridlock of the Labour Party.