A major strategic challenge for the United States in the coming decades will be integrating emerging powers into international institutions.

Governments across the Middle East and South Asia are increasingly losing power to substate actors that are inserting themselves at a mezzanine level of rule between the government and the people.

As China's economic might expands, Beijing not only wants a greater stake in international organizations but also to remake the rules of the game.

The world's leading international institutions may be outmoded, but Brazil, China, India, and South Africa are not ready to join the helm.

As the United States and Europe face common threats around the globe, the time has come to break down the bureaucratic barrier between the European Union and NATO. Today's challenges require the hard power of NATO and the soft power of the EU.

It is imperative that the human rights community build up political will and capacity among local law enforcement bodies.

Financial regulation must be the task of individual governments and not multilateral committees.

NATO would run a strategic risk by admitting Russia, but the Atlantic alliance is actually running a greater strategic risk by excluding it.

With the Lisbon Treaty now in effect, the European Union has more power to implement foreign policy decisions -- on paper, at least.

Soon, travelers worldwide will have a chance to contribute to the global fight against HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis whenever they purchase airline tickets.

A series of looming demographic trends will greatly affect international security in the twenty-first century.

The current global nuclear order is extremely fragile, threatened by North Korea's expanding nuclear weapons program, Iran's nuclear ambitions, and Pakistan's increasing instability.

In the course of its 60 years, NATO has united the West, secured Europe, and ended the Cold War. What next?

Old international institutions must be updated to tackle transnational challenges.

The United States is declining as a nation and a world power.

The current architecture of international institutions must be updated, but skeptics question whether the United States is up to the task.

Autocracies such as China and Russia do not represent a sustainable alternative to liberal democracy. In fact, the pull of liberal democracy is stronger than ever.

International law must find a way to combat modern threats, but it cannot diminish U.S. sovereignty in doing so.

The UN must streamline its decision making process so it can start backing up its lofty words with action.

The limits of judicial reasoning in the post-9/11 world.