Bernard Wasserstein offers a perspective on the importance of Jerusalem to the Jewish people and the likelihood of a peaceful resolution of “the Jerusalem Question.”

Tolkien’s knack for stepping outside the box later enabled him to create not only a gripping story but an entirely new world for his readers.

First in a two-part series examining the political and religious complexities of Jerusalem.

The latest movie episode of The Lord of the Rings is getting rave reviews. Why has J.R.R. Tolkien’s work had such lasting appeal?

When the issue of racial desegregation came to a head in the United States in 1963, two men helped the nation navigate the moral crossroads.

Solving puzzles often requires a change in perspective and thinking. The greatest puzzle facing humanity today is a case in point.

Probably the single biggest threat to the Middle East’s water supply is the region’s burgeoning population.

Greed is as old as human history. Enough, it seems, is seldom enough.

Globalization has become shorthand for the complex network of trends that is driving the world closer together. Vision reviews four books on this subject.

Vision speaks with Malise Ruthven, a noted authority on Islam, about the events of September 11, 2001.