Arrival of the New Congress

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.