To sell, novels must be plausible - so popular fiction reflects prevailing worldviews.

Why do Americans bother to be a superpower? What's in it for them?

Yelling STOP is not good enough.

East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet... minds.

Sooner or later you have to stand up to madmen - and as costly as that is, it only gets more costly the longer you wait.

The world's great and good have criticized the Sri Lankan army for killing civilians during their civil war, but how do you end a war without breaking eggs?

Will Obama defend the West from its enemies as past presidents always have?

England scraps freedom of speech for those who oppose Muslim violence.

The situation in Pakistan is a serious threat to Western security.

If there's anything that passes John Kerry's "global test", it's bumping off pirates.