Obama has emerged as champion of securing vulnerable nuclear materials. Two years after his Washington summit on this arcane but important matter, leaders are descending on South Korea to track progress and fashion goals for the future.
Mexico’s drug violence is spreading into Central American countries that lack the resources to cope with such dire challenges. The region is in danger of reverting back to turmoil.
WikiLeaks. Guantánamo Bay. Public-pressure campaigns by angry NGOs. No flavor of lawfare can stand contest against America’s unmatched global power.
American law treats terrorism like an act of war, not a crime. The fact that Europeans don’t doesn’t make their way better.
Kyoto is upside down; America needs a sensible energy policy to fight global warming.
Social values change, and international norms change with them. A look at global issues and crises through the lens of "normative shift".
How to decide when unilateralism makes sense even within a multilateral framework.
While the Bonn Conference revived an ailing global warming agreement, Kyoto's flaws render it a questionable approach to the longest of long-term politics.
International law is rapidly evolving a direction thaat threatens American sovereignty. With careful attention, however, the United States can mold the law to its advantage.
The UN aspires to impose its moral authority on the United States in the name of international justice. The American people will not buy it.
