An American Victory: A Mosque Near Ground Zero

The price of flippancy in the White House and the criminal intransigence of the Tehran regime is being paid by the Iranians who, after nearly half a century of cruel dictatorship, deserve to be free.

Venezuela is still a country plagued by social, economic and institutional crises.

Washington, however, is not merely a policymaking capital. It is also a highly competitive marketplace of narratives.

Among the lessons is that the international community is interconnected and interdependent due to the phenomenon of globalization.

[I]f the ideologues prevail, there will be no "deal," but at most a frozen conflict. And before long, a new war.

[O]il, CITGO and the control of gold remain the key pieces on a geopolitical chessboard, with the suffering of the Venezuelan people relegated to the background.