James P. Rubin believes that President Obama has sacrificed too many democratic principles to a foreign policy guided by realism.

The Economist weighs in on the debate surrounding president Obama's diplomacy. Has he been clever, or weak? Does he have the strategy and the will to use force to fulfill his promises? The coming weeks, according to the Economist, may likely be his litmus test.

Elizabeth Economy provides a brief assessment of President Obama's China visit during his trip to Asia, writing that, "it was, optically, one of the worst U.S. presidential visits to Beijing in memory," however, substantively, it was on par with recent presidential trips to China.

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, James Goldgeier examines what the occasion meant for the Republican party, and how it has affected the U.S. presidency since.

Les Gelb points to stalled U.S. efforts in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and others as evidence that "Barack Obama has arrived at a terrible moment of truth in foreign policy."

CFR's Walter Russell Mead says the Nobel Peace Prize is a welcome sign of international recognition for U.S. President Barack Obama, but he says the president faces great global challenges ahead.

Elliot Abrams counteracts arguments that portray life among the Palestinians as unbearable and getting worse.

Amity Shlaes argues, "FDR's tenacity did not suffice to get the economy back to where it had been before the Great Depression began."

Lydia Khalil writes that Obama cannot truly influence politics in the Middle East if "citizens have no meaningful way to participate in their governments."

Michael J. Gerson asks, "In Cairo, will [President Obama] have anything to say to those fighting for human rights?"

Richard N. Haass discusses President Obama's speech in Cairo.

Elliott Abrams suggests that President Obama's speech in Cairo should focus on "freedom and the future."

Barack Obama's address to Congress outlined plans to revive the American economy, restore U.S. leadership abroad, and tackle long-term problems. Economists say Obama will walk a fine line balancing the need for swift action with the risk of expanding U.S. budgetary obligations.

This Op-Ed examines the use of the word 'liberalism' in American politics.

Russell Baker's New York Review of Books article evaluates four books about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, drawing parallels between the leadership of the Depression Era and today.

Sundaa A. Bridgett Jones argues, "respect and active engagement must start right away," in the Middle East.