Even as the president was signing the debt-limit bill designed to cut spending this week, he insisted on continuing "to keep making key…
The recent debt deal will slash the defense budget over the next decade. And if Congress can’t agree on an additional $1.5 trillion in cuts…
At last Washington has reached a deal that raises the debt limit and averts a default that would have been a national embarrassment and an…
Even last week’s swearing in of Ryan Crocker -- one of the most talented U.S. diplomats -- as ambassador to Kabul seems unable to stanch…
We have stared hard into the abyss of a national default, and the close call with financial Armageddon is starting to make a balanced-…
Whatever late compromise is finally agreed upon in the U.S. debt ceiling debate, the most difficult hurdles for any deficit-reduction…
The sudden pace at which revolutionary fires swept across North Africa took the world by surprise: It was a hopeful Arab Spring for many.…
If Bill Safire were still with us and writing a column about the debt follies in Washington, he might well begin by asking readers: Which…
Most social scientists would like to believe that their profession contributes to solving pressing global problems. Indeed, the United…
Last April, the BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—met in the Chinese resort of Sanya and called for changes in…