American domestic budgetting issues may spill over into the international arena.

Rethinking American Grand Strategy and the Command of the Commons.

U.S. defense policy and its impact on global and domestic affairs.  

Does the troop drawdown in Afghanistan mean a shift in strategy from counter-insurgency to counter-terrorism?

Do laws that make it a crime to deny the existence of genocide help to lessen the chances of renewed conflict?

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has broken his silence four months after a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault, calling his encounter with the woman a "moral failing" he deeply regrets. (Sept. 19)

A series of last-ditch meetings have begun in New York to try to re-launch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

The Pakistani Taliban said it was responsible for a suicide bombing targeting a senior police officer in Karachi Monday. Chaudhry Aslam was safe, but the attack killed at least 8 people _ 6 police officers and a mother and daughter. (Sept. 19)

Cuban TV shows footage of Venezuela's cancer-stricken leader Hugo Chavez as he arrives in Cuba Saturday for chemotherapy. Rough Cut (No reporter narration)

Monsoon rains have flooded large parts of Pakistan's southern Sindh province over the last six weeks, killing more than 200 people and displacing more than 1.8 million, according to the United Nations. (Sept. 19)

At least 20 protesters are killed in Yemen when security forces opened fire on demonstrations against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner meets with EU finance ministers in Poland, urging them to work closely together and with the United States to contain debt crisis.

Tony Blair has told Al Jazeera that the Palestinians must start negotiating with the Israelis.

Ambassador Dan Gillerman says the U.S. will veto the Palestinian bid for statehood.

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren weighs in on Palestine's bid for statehood, plus U.S. relations with Israel.