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.

Bahrain's Interior Ministry has hired the heavy-handed former police chief of Philadelphia and Miami.

The Israeli right's assault on democracy could remove the obstacles to an attack on Iran.

The United States is going ahead with an arms sale to Bahrain despite Congressional opposition and criticism from human rights observers.

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