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When the US President George W. Bush declared war on terrorism after September 11, 2001, it was obvious that other priorities - including the promotion of democracy and human rights - would lose ground.

The Arizona senator has never wavered in his support for freedom and human rights.

Since meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump has seemed very taken with the Communist leader and the budding US-China relationship

The political challenge is particularly acute as the Democrat presidential hopeful has to distance herself from a record that she helped shape

With violence and misery radiating outward from Syria to Iraq, Lebanon and beyond, the US is likely to be forced to re-engage, and on less favourable terms

According to Freedom House, global freedom has declined every year that Obama has been in office

For the United States, to even think about accepting a gun-free society will take time as well as a cultural shift

Demanding accountability in a democracy can be ugly, but it is essential

What’s needed is relatively modest levels of persistent engagement that may keep the US from facing the dire choices that now loom again

The West feels that if Putin is not losing now, he will lose eventually

Uzbekistan is a classic, hard-core police state, among the worst in the world

Putin has set out to make examples of those who defy him