Jonathan Tepperman

Luxury companies that stayed true to their roots didn't merely survive the recession, they thrived.

A few airlines gamble they can beat the recession by offering the ultimate luxury: private suites in the sky.

Certain adjectives carry an almost magical aura that makes one snap to attention and succumb to lust. The words in question vary from person to person; for some it might be "deep-fried" or "Swiss-made" or "turbo-charged." For me, the mystical descriptor is "bespoke"; for years I've pined for a handmade, custom-designed wardrobe.

Sometime in the last year, secret back-channel talks between India and Pakistan over Kashmir restarted, say U.S. and Indian sources. The countries last held such talks under Gen.

Sometime in the last year, secret back-channel talks between India and Pakistan over Kashmir restarted, say U.S. and Indian sources. The countries last held such talks under Gen.

On Sept. 24, President Barack Obama will bring together 14 world leaders for a special U.N. Security Council meeting in New York. On the agenda: how to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

I tend to cut myself when I cook. I've thrown out a brand-new meat slicer after multiple manglings and have sent myself to the hospital after tangling with an apple peeler.

In 1942, a little-known Michigan-born journalist living in Europe decided to write a cookbook of sorts. Her name was M.F.K. Fisher, and the result, How to Cook a Wolf, was less a collection of recipes than a guide to, and a fierce defense of, eating well when the world was at war, food was scarce and the proverbial wolf was "snuffling at the door." Fisher was adamant that, whatever the circumstances, one must try to exist as richly as possible.

Barack Obama came to office promising to work with allies in the war on terror. But recent events are proving that's easier said than done: on three critical fronts, America's partners are proving unable—or unwilling—to help.

Ethiopia was supposed to help America in the war on terror. But it's only made matters worse.

Luxury lies not in how much stuff we have but in how well it's made—and how highly we value it.

Two war-crimes cases provide more reasons why the United States shouldn't abuse prisoners.

Rumsfeld, Ashcroft and other top Bush officials could soon face legal jeopardy.

Intervention is an American tradition and may be harder for Obama to avoid than to do.

Barack Obama is leading the polls at home, but he's downright beloved abroad, where he's seen as a Kennedyesque star who could quickly heal the damage America's done to its image with Iraq, Guantánamo, and other missteps.

Tantrums rack Asia's new democracies, showing how bad old habits die hard.

Once the continent would have kept mum as one of its leaders stole an election. Not today.

A global leadership poll finds a crisis of confidence—and real support for strongmen.

Iranians still don't like America very much, but the ice is beginning to melt, a new poll shows.

Martin Amis is a crack novelist. But as a post-9/11 political analyst, he's turned into a bit of a crackpot.

Since leaving office, Jimmy Carter has worked as a roving peace negotiator, election monitor (through the Carter Center), home builder (through Habitat for Humanity) and author.

At each stop on his Africa tour last week, President George W. Bush hinted--without quite committing himself--that he's about to send peacekeepers to war-racked Liberia.

When Dick Cheney arrives in Israel next week, he'll find himself in a country all but paralyzed politically. As the body count mounts and the region slides toward war, Ariel Sharon seems unable to offer any solution other than bloody reprisals for Palestinian attacks.