Michael Petrou

Libya’s foreign minister, Musa Kusa, has defected . I suggested this might be in the works in a story last week: "Persuading...

The West plunges into another brutal Mideast conflict. How long will we have to stay this time?

Book by Abbas Milani

Usama Hasan is an exceptionally brave and good man. That he has been subjected to this kind of bullying is upsetting. I’ve written...

A staggering 35,000 people have been murdered in Mexico since December 2006

The tribunal officer assigned by the Immigration and Refugee Board to the case of Cindor Reeves , former brother-in-law of...

Iran is threatening to boycott the 2012 Olympic Games. Guess why .

’There is a risk of escalation’

After more than four decades in power, will he be the next tyrant to topple?

The age of authoritarian strongmen suppressing a population is over