Barack Obama

A grand strategy might be good for headlines, but the days of railing against an “Evil Empire” are behind us.

Newt Gingrich says that if elected, he’ll have a U.S. base on the moon within two terms. Probably not.

Newt Gingrich says that if elected, he’ll have a U.S. base on the moon within two terms. Probably not.

Was Barack Obama upfront in his State of the Union address last night? The New York Times takes a look.

America is back – anyone that tells you otherwise…doesn’t know what they are talking about, Obama says.

U.S. President Barack Obama is delivering his annual State of the Union address in Congress.

Do states described as “failed” care about being handed the label? Afghan President Hamid Karzai certainly did.

Iran’s supreme leader has built much of his legitimacy around demonizing the United States. So what could he really offer in talks with the U.S.?

Resource-rich Canada and resource-hungry China seem in some ways like natural partners. After a slow start, they just might be.

Osama bin Laden is dead, but his close ally and Taliban chief Mullah Omar still complicates the future of Afghanistan.

The threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz could come back to haunt Iran’s leaders. Still, Obama will be wary of becoming the second president to come unstuck over Iran.

China has worked hard behind the scenes to reduce tensions over Iran’s nuclear program. But as political pressure grows in the U.S. for action, will it have been for nothing?