The United States dominates the Greater Caribbean, but it cannot guarantee stability there.

It is realism and geopolitics, properly calculated, that have the best chance to guarantee peace.

Cold turkey democracy coupled with regime collapse in Syria risks bloody anarchy.

The most important things to know about China's naval buildup are that it is real and that it is a luxury.

Emotion often clouds analysis of Africa, and the latest bout of optimism centers on its economic growth rates.

World peace is preserved daily out of sight and over the horizon, with U.S. warships patrolling the high seas.

Greece's economic and political development show traces of a legacy not wholly in the modern West.

The current communist dictatorship may be the most benign Chinese leaders Americans will see in their lifetime.

Russia is trying to take advantage of Europe's financial upheaval wherever it can.

The Saudis know that the American split with Iran cannot go on forever.