Recently, against the sound of dominoes falling across the euro zone, I participated in a BBC radio discussion about the... READ MORE

Once upon a time Marxist-Leninists said that the state, after its seizure by the proletariat, would wither away.... READ MORE

In 2006, Foreign Affairs, among many other periodicals, proclaimed India to be “a roaring capitalist success story.”... READ MORE

In July 1995, an Islamic fundamentalist group called Al Faran kidnapped six foreign tourists, including two Americans,... READ MORE

Returning last week from an instructive three weeks in Pakistan, I was detained briefly at Islamabad’s chaotic airport... READ MORE

Recently in Karachi, I dropped in on a talk by the Pakistani journalist and TV anchor Kamran Khan at a Rotary Club... READ MORE

Apparently, it is reckless to think that India could bring about a rapprochement between Iran and the U.S. READ MORE

India, the Wall Street Journal claimed recently, is the Iranian mullahs’ “last best friend” for continuing to buy oil... READ MORE

Recently in Bangkok, I found myself wandering through the strange but distinctive arena for one of Asia’s latest... READ MORE

In 1984, criticizing George Orwell for having advocated political quietism to writers, Salman Rushdie asserted that “we... READ MORE