Foreign Policy In Focus

The Russian and Chinese veto of the moderate and reasonable UN Security Council resolution was unconscionable, but the United States may have its own hypocrisy to thank.

Iraq knows that Iran -- unlike America and other Western forces -- is there to stay.

Economic sanctions have not persuaded Iran to give up its nuclear program, so it's time to try something different.

The recent ICC indictment of four Kenyans represents a model for international involvement in conflict resolution in Africa.

New avenues for dialogue between the United States and Iran are needed to prevent minor confrontations from igniting a full-scale war.

With diplomacy getting short shrift, Western containment of a nuclear Iran may be the only alternative to war in an increasingly militaristic climate.