The founding father of modern Singapore answers the toughest questions that matter most to thoughtful Americans weighing the challenges of the next quarter century.

In what may be the clearest picture of Iran's nuclear program to date, Iran: The Nuclear Challenge maps the objectives, tools, and strategies for dealing with one of the most vexing issues facing the United States and global community today.

Business, policy, and thought leaders offer recommendations on enhancing the U.S.-India strategic relationship.

Although there is no formal institutional connection between India and NATO, India and the NATO allies, most importantly the United States, informally share an interest in maintaining maritime security in the Indian Ocean and have spent significant resources to combat piracy in this vast area.

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In 2012, the Obama administration announced a "pivot" to East Asia—a strategy that includes a focus on regional security alliances and a rebalance of U.S. military presence from Europe to the Asia-Pacific.

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Graham T. Allison and Robert D. Blackwill, co-authors of Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World, contend, "For navigating in the buzzing, booming confusion of international affairs today, the strategic grand master is a source of wise coordinates."

Graham T. Allison and Robert D. Blackwill explore Lee Kuan Yew's thoughts on China's economic future.

Robert D. Blackwill and Graham T. Allison say the United States should look to Lee Kuan Yew for guidance on China.

China understands that its growth depends on imports, say Graham Allison and Robert D. Blackwill.

The founding father of modern Singapore answers the toughest questions that matter most to thoughtful Americans weighing the challenges of the next quarter century.

In what may be the clearest picture of Iran's nuclear program to date, Iran: The Nuclear Challenge maps the objectives, tools, and strategies for dealing with one of the most vexing issues facing the United States and global community today.

Robert D. Blackwill and Walter B. Slocombe argue that Israeli contributions to U.S. national interests are underappreciated.

Graham Allison and Robert D. Blackwill state, "...Russia matters a great deal to a U.S. government seeking to defend and advance its national interests."

While American leaders explain the foundations of the U.S.-Israeli relationship by citing shared democratic values and a commitment to the Jewish nation-state, they often fail to mention that Israel makes many contributions to U.S. national interests.

Russia remains one of the handful of countries that can deeply affect American national interests on a wide range of issues: nuclear weapons and proliferation, arms control, energy security, fighting terrorism, trade and investment, and democratic values.

The United States and India should hold classified exchanges on Pakistan's nuclear program and its role in Afghanistan as well as coordinate closely on global issues, says CFR's Robert D. Blackwill, co-chair of a new CFR-Aspen Institute India report.

Business, policy, and thought leaders offer recommendations on enhancing the U.S.-India strategic relationship.

Robert D. Blackwill and Naresh Chandra argue that the United States and India should not allow their bilateral relationship to drift.

Robert D. Blackwill says that while the Obama administration deserves credit for its foreign policy achievements, the president is mismanaging the three wars in which the United States is now engaged.

Robert D. Blackwill argues that de facto partition offers the Obama administration the best available alternative to strategic defeat in Afghanistan.

Although it has problems, a de facto partition of Afghanistan, in which Washington pursues nation building in the north and counterterrorism in the south, offers an acceptable fallback.

This RAND Corporation report analyzes the November 26, 2008, Mumbai terrorist attack and draws preliminary conclusions on what lessons can be derived from the incident, as well as its implications for India, Pakistan, and the world at large.

Robert D. Blackwill writes, "we are well along in a systemic decline in Russia's relations with the West. There is a familiar list of complaints from the industrial democracies regarding Moscow's actions, many of them justified. But most of Russia's contemporary offenses pale before what should be the West's highest policy priority — preventing Iran from possessing nuclear weapons."