Gordon Brown urges the United Nations to codify persecution against women and girls as a crime under international law.

Vali Nasr points out that the Islamic Republic is facing a perfect storm of external and internal threats to its survival.

Jim O'Neill thinks the US intervention in Venezuela ends all hope that the old international order can still be salvaged.

Shashi Tharoor credits the government’s two-pronged strategy, which has accounted for both security and development.