Rational International

Anyone taking a passing glance at European political trends in the past few months might be prompted to ask, along with Alex Harrowell , ...

So, apparently the Fulbright Program, a government-sponsored institution that provides scholarships for students from around the World to co...

Quick hit: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has finally stopped being coy and called for Kadima to find new leadership. She stopped sho...

By way of introduction to what I intend to be a series of posts examining the politics of identity in the twenty-first century (a subject th...

The BBC reports today that more than one hundred countries have agreed to back an international ban on the production, transfer, stockpilin...

I've done several posts now on the wisdom (or not) of holding high-level talks with unfriendly groups and regimes. I do indeed have id...

So, according to the Times, President Bush's requests that Saudi Arabia increase its oil production and lower its prices have once again...

The New York Times reports today that President Bush issued a "veiled attack" on Senator Obama during his address to the Israeli ...

Today, we find a member of the Bush Administration who is, at least at first blush, making some pretty good sense. The New York Times repor...

The BBC reports this morning that the Lebanese Army has announced it is prepared to use force to disarm the gunmen that have been clashing ...