The Obama administration has promised to revamp the National Security Council, but so far it has not delivered.
ReadWith its new policy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Obama administration has taken ownership of an orphaned conflict. But can it achieve victory, and how?
ReadThe Arctic is rich in natural resources and lies at the epicenter of a rapidly changing climate -- and it is time the United States paid more attention to the region.
ReadTargeted killings of enemy leaders have high costs, high risks, and limited benefits -- but are still a sensible way to combat al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan.
ReadThe international financial crisis has thrown the forward march of globalization into question. If the United States and others can learn from the crisis and control borrowing, then the positive potential of global trade and finance may be restored.
ReadPresident Barack Obama plans to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The United States should move the prisoners currently held there into the criminal justice system and hold trials as soon as possible.
ReadIn the Obama administration, special envoys are likely to play a central role in U.S. foreign policy. But the president should remember that envoys are not the creators of policy, but rather its instruments.
ReadC. Fred Bergsten's update to his July/August 2008 article, 'A Partnership of Equals.'
ReadGresser's update to his November/December 2002 essay 'Toughest on the Poor: America's Flawed Tariff System.'
ReadRunge and Senauer's update to their May/June 2007 essay ''How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor.''
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