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Essay, Nov/Dec 2010
Irresponsible Stakeholders?Premium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Stewart Patrick

A major strategic challenge for the United States in the coming decades will be integrating emerging powers into international institutions. To hold the postwar order together, the United States will have to become a more consistent exemplar of multilateral cooperation.
Snapshot,
October 4, 2010
Swapping Pirates for Commerce
Michael Lyon Baker

A new U.S. emphasis on African maritime development -- dedicated not only to rooting out piracy but also renovating ports and investing in job creation -- could improve African security and economic growth.
Snapshot,
September 28, 2010
China's Innovation Wall
Adam Segal

In a bid to end its dependence on foreign intellectual property and become a global power in science and technology, China is attempting to foster indigenous innovation. Are the U.S. government and business community right to be worried about threats to free trade and intellectual property rights?
Postscript,
February 22, 2010
Beyond CopenhagenPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Michael Levi

For many climate-change experts, the Copenhagen summit was something of a failure. In order to make real progress on pressing climate issues, policymakers must give up on a binding deal and begin to look outside the UN process.
Essay, Jul/Aug 2009
Pirates, Then and NowPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Max Boot

To defeat piracy in centuries past, governments pursued a more active defense at sea and a political solution on land. The current piracy epidemic off the coast of East Africa requires many of the same tactics.
Reading List,
May 6, 2009
What to Read on PiratesPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Max Boot

An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on pirates.
Comment, May/June 2009
Tomorrow's Institution TodayPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Amitai Etzioni

The expansion of the Proliferation Security Initiative to South Korea is a welcome development. The PSI is not only a promising model for combating nuclear proliferation, but also offers a blueprint for future international cooperation.
Postscript,
March 25, 2009
The Great Game Moves NorthPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Scott G. Borgerson

The 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.
Reading List,
March 12, 2009
What to Read on Climate ChangePremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
David G. Victor

An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on climate change.
Essay, Mar/Apr 2009
Center Stage for the 21st CenturyPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Robert D. Kaplan

Already the world’s preeminent energy and trade interstate seaway, the Indian Ocean will matter even more as India and China enter into a dynamic great-power rivalry in these waters.
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