Watch experts discuss foreign policy challenges for the next administration at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, featuring a special address by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, cosponsored with the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the City and County of Denver.

This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Experts discuss the deterioration of U.S. international standing and challenges and strategies for enhancing the U.S.'s role in the world at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, cosponsored with the National Democratic Institute, the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and the City and County of Denver's 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable.

This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Experts discuss foreign policy challenges for the next administration at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, featuring a special address by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, cosponsored with the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the City and County of Denver's 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable.

This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Russia has emerged as a policy issue in the presidential campaign, adding to a list of top-tier issues including energy policy, Iran, and Iraq.

Senator Hillary Clinton gave this speech at the Democratic National Convention on August 26, 2008; she pledged her support for Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate for president.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), advisers to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, make recommendations for U.S. policy toward Russia and Georgia. In an op-ed, Graham and Lieberman say the United States and Europe should work to prevent Russia from "achieving its strategic objectives in Georgia."

Both parties will use presidential conventions to boost their candidate's credentials on the economy and national security, at a time when both issues overlap.

New York Magazine's Michael Idov writes about how Sen. Joe Lieberman's pro-war position led him to leave the Democratic Party and endorse Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for president.

Senator Joseph Biden gave this speech in Springfield, Illinois on August 23, 2008 after his nomination as Barack Obama's vice-presidential running mate.

U.S. political conventions offer the parties a place to unite around presidential candidates and a vision for foreign and domestic policy.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave this speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention on August 19, 2008.

Ronald Brownstein, political director for Atlantic Media Company, looks at the effect of "hyper-partisanship" on the presidential campaigns, and says a president who can "deliver pragmatic legislation on big issues might cement the allegiance of the millions of voters who are disenchanted with Washington's failures and not tightly bound to either party."

Republican presidential candidate John McCain gave this speech at the VFW Convention in Orlando, Florida on August 18, 2008.

In an op-ed, former Christian Science Monitor editor John Hughes looks at the next president's potential picks for secretary of State. Hughes says Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) should pick Middle East adviser Dennis Ross, and says Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) should pick Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Michael Gerson writes that McCain outperformed Obama at the Warren forum, in the Washington Post.

The New York Times says Sen. John McCain's response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 "opens a window onto how he might approach the gravest responsibilities of a potential commander in chief."

Immigration reform gets scant mention on the U.S. election trail, but experts expect either leading presidential candidate to make policy reforms a priority.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain published this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on August 14, 2008.

Irfan Husain, a columnist for Pakistan's Dawn newspaper, says the next U.S. president faces the challenge of trying to coax reforms from a splintered Pakistani leadership.