A renewed commitment from both sides of the Atlantic is essential to ensuring NATO’s continued success.
The obvious and often painful mismatch between aspiration and reality in European foreign policy has plagued discourse on European integration during the last decade.
Given that products that rely on the same technologies and materials as weapons of mass destruction are everywhere, the challenge for states is to ensure that trade in dual-use goods and technologies does not contribute to WMD proliferation.
As European and international security experience transitional changes, it remains to be seen whether the United Kingdom will be able to continue to pursue a nuclear strategy defined by deterrence at the lowest possible levels of conflict.
China's economic imbalances are the result of urbanization and migration, not financial policy, and expanding residence rights for migrants would do more to boost consumption than fiddling with interest rates.
Taking a cautious rather than a hostile stance when it comes to Palestinian reconciliation and Hamas’s baby steps toward evolutionary change would not erase the mistakes of the past decade. But it may lay the basis for eventually recovering from them.
Faced with the consequences of the Arab Spring, Turkey's foreign policy is changing. This has significant consequences for Turkey’s relations with its neighbors, as well as its partners in the West.
The overall record of Obama's democracy policy is mixed, combining valuable revitalization with continued troubling shortcomings.
The Arab Awakenings brought forth unprecedented reactions by the Arab League to the uprisings in Syria and Libya and has created an opportunity to strengthen the organization and bolster its ability to play a positive role in the region.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood stands on the brink of an impressive electoral victory, but it is not clear how much its past decisions and behavior will guide its future actions.
There are ten characteristics which should serve as a yardstick by which European foreign policy is measured strategically.
The cumulative impact of the nuclear developments that occurred in 2012, from the disaster in Fukushima to Iran's continuing nuclear program, will make the world's nuclear future more uncertain.
Political leaders across the Arab world must take design appropriate incentive schemes based on economic efficiency and social justice considerations if they hope to have any semblance of legitimacy in the eyes of their people and the international community.
Tensions between Iran and the international community continue to rise over the country's nuclear program. Leaders on both sides should take appropriate steps to deescalate the crisis and set the stage for reengagement after the U.S. presidential election.
While it may no longer be possible to provide manufacturing workers the kind of security they once enjoyed, given the fact that technology and globalized markets are changing too quickly, a much better job can be done to help workers adjust to these changes.
Europe is uniquely well-positioned to lead the world in reducing carbon emissions from transportation. There are four major ways this could be achieved.
While economic inequality has always existed and is not going away, this year it is likely to top the global agenda for voters, protesters, and politicians running for office in the many important elections scheduled around the world.
French President Sarkozy’s request for Chinese money in support of the euro rescue symbolized three historic shifts in great power relations: the fragility and endangerment of the European project, the ascendance of China, and the beginning of the end of the American era.
After a year that included the Arab Awakening, the euro crisis, Japan’s nuclear catastrophe, the killing of Osama bin Laden, and the unanticipated reaction to Russia’s recent parliamentary elections, there are many unanswered questions left for 2012.
Twenty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, democracies need to develop a new model that fosters civic duty and responsibility in their citizens and takes a more global perspective on leadership in the modern world.
As global tensions over Iran’s nuclear program escalate, Tehran and the West have reached a standoff. To revive negotiations, a clear understanding of the key factors influencing Iran’s stance is paramount.
Absent a good education environment, there is little room for the Arab world’s youth to turn into responsible citizens who can consolidate and stimulate social transformation to bring about more prosperous and free societies.
China’s traditional diplomacy is at a crossroads as it adjusts to the new global order. The financial crises, climate change, and regional instability have propelled China into a new global role and in turn, a new era of diplomacy.
President Obama has praised Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili for his track record of reform and reaffirmed U.S. support for Georgia’s future membership in NATO, but he also hinted that Saakashvili should step down once his term ends.
While the project of “grand Eurasian alliance” between Russia and China currently appears unworkable, the Sino-Russian strategic partnership is a major boon for both countries and acts as one of the pillars of peace and stability in Asia.
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