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.

Peter Beinart discusses Franklin D. Roosevelt's foreign policy legacy.

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."

Listen to experts for a discussion of foreign policy during President Obama's first 100 days.

Watch experts breakdown U.S. foreign policy during President Obama's first 100 days.

In testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee this week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton cited the top priorities of the Obama administration as "existing and emerging challenges" that would not only define Barack Obama's presidency but also "shape our century."  As the administration passes the hundred-day mark, join Samuel Berger and Lawrence Eagleburger for a discussion of foreign policy during President Obama's time in office thus far.

Listen to Peter Beinart, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at CFR, discuss the first one hundred days of the Obama administration.

Max Boot discusses President Obama's first 100 days.

Gideon Rose describes President Obama as a "responsible gambler" in his first 100 days in office.

Leslie H. Gelb discusses what President Obama's first 100 days in office have revealed about his foreign policy strategy.

Michael Gerson writes on revelations of the Obama administration. He claims, "On defense policy, the peace candidate is not a radical. On economic policy, the post-partisan could hardly be more partisan. Obama does not want to cultivate conservatives; he wants to crush them."

Leslie H. Gelb evaluates the Obama administration's foreign policy. He explains, "It's certainly a bad practice to constantly fill the international airwaves with bold new initiatives, new thinking, and commentary."

Lydia Khalil argues that the Obama administration's message of hope can be an effective part of counterterrorism strategy if "forcefully articulated through a gradual swell of grass roots support."

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.

Michael J. Gerson explains that although the Obama administration's pragmatism is praiseworthy, "pragmatism without a guiding vision or a fighting faith can becomes little more than the service of insistent political interests".