FROM Britain to the Balkans to Indonesia, the world is currently experiencing exceptional weather conditions. While Southeastern Europe is wilting under unprecedented high temperatures, in the Indonesian
IN a classical American western, the difference is as glaring as the midday sun in Colorado: There are Good Guys and Bad Guys. The good ones are the settlers, who are making the prairie bloom. The
TRIUMPHANT Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be contemplating a Cabinet reshuffle following the re-election of his Justice and Development (AK) Party in Sunday’s snap election.
VENEZUELA’S socialist president, Hugo Chavez, certainly knows how to rile his critics in Washington. “Oil is going straight to $100,” he declared in Nicaragua last week. “No
IN THE American media, Iraq’s steady progress toward security is frequently overshadowed by news of the latest act of mass terrorism. Yet for those of us who actually live here, progress is visible
WASHINGTON, 26 July 2007 — President Bush actually has some rather sound instincts about the Muslim world. He has visited mosques more often than any of his predecessors, and he frequently talks
