“Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger.”

“From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran on...”

“Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military...”

“Allowing a friend to careen toward self destruction is not friendship. That is a habit the United States needs to break as it purs...”

“Adroit geo-strategists take new realities into account as they try to imagine how global politics will unfold. In the foreign poli...”

“In 1984, showing extraordinary courage, a group of Guatemalan wives, mothers and other relatives of disappeared people banded toge...”

“In all my life and in the future, I will always be a faithful and loyal servant to all of my compatriots.”

“It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're g...”

“So at some point you realize that your life is not just going to start one day in the future, that you're living it.”

“When thinking about the future, it is fashionable to be pessimistic. Yet the evidence unequivocally belies such pessimism. Over th...”

“Life is going to be complex, and the only way we're able navigate our way through it at all is by living as best we can and absorb...”

“I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back an...”