A successful political process is not possible for Syria under present circumstances. Too much blood has flowed to allow the regime and the divided opposition to find a peaceful alternative.

1. Chuck Hagel is anti-Israel. In 2006, I interviewed then-Sen. Hagel for a book I was writing on U.S. policy toward the Arab-Israeli negotiations. Quotes from that interview, such as his comment that "the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here," have been ...

Who lost Syria? Comments by some U.S. senators, analysts and journalists, including the editorial board of The Washington Post, suggest there is no doubt: Bashar Assad and his thugocracy are primarily responsible for the killings, but that the tragedy of Syria is also a direct ...

Americans are presidency-addicted. We can't get enough information about our commanders in chief, yet there is a woeful misunderstanding of the office. The president is more often than not at the mercy of events rather than a master of them. Our greatest presidents were also ...