The 2012 Presidential election could boil down to one very important issue; coal, says Foreign Policy.

The second debate between President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took place on October 16, 2012 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.This transcript was provided by Politico.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says, in Thursday night's debate, Vice President Biden worked to portray Paul Ryan as the candidate most in favor of continuing the unpopular fight in Afghanistan, a war that President Obama advanced and that the public no longer backs.

Complete transcript of the vice-presidential debate between Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Represntative Paul D. Ryan in Danville, Kentucky.

James M. Lindsay, CFR's senior vice president, director of studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg chair, leads a conversation on how foreign policy is playing out in the U.S. presidential campaign.

In this column, Julia E. Sweig argues that President Obama's foreign policy positions will make it difficult for Mitt Romney to define his agenda against Obama's in the run up to the election.

A prosperous agriculture sector is incredibly important for a vibrantrural America, and for the health of the entire American economy. The heartland of this country holds the best of what has made our country great and the dreams of what America can grow to be in the future. But it is not only ourcore values that thrive in our small towns and family farms; our economy does as well, when hardworking men and women are supported by sound policies that promote growth while minimizing unnecessary interference from Washington bureaucrats.

Edward Alden discusses the mixed views of U.S. voters on trade and the damaging effect criticism of Chinese trade practices on the campaign trail has on U.S. attempts to court Chinese investment.

Mitt Romney delivered an address on foreign policy, titled "The Mantle of Leadership" to the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says Mitt Romney's major foreign policy speech on Monday reflects a vision for America's role in the world that is both far more forward-leaning than the current administration has exercised and far less energetic than Bush's.

A recent Foreign Policy Initiative poll shows that voters find foreign policy a much more important issue than conventional wisdom would suggest.

The first debate between President Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney was held on October 3, 2012 in Denver,Colorado and was moderated by Jim Lehrer. This transcript was provided by Politico.

This campaign season, President Obama and Mitt Romney have remained focused on domestic issues in the "face of a gasping economy and long-term joblessness," argues Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. However, given pressing concerns raised by Afghanistan and the Middle East, among other foreign policy issues, the candidates will soon have to address international affairs issues.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wrote this op-ed on the Middle East; it was published in the Wall Street Journal on September 30, 2012.

President Obama gave this interview with Savannah Guthrie at NBC's "Education Nation" summit in New York on September 26, 2012.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave this interview with Brian Williams at NBC's "Education Nation" summit in New York on September 26, 2012.

Micah Zenko says leave the "better off" question aside and look at safety, "The reality is that, across a range of criteria, Americans are indeed safer and more secure than four years ago."

President Obama gave these remarks to the Clinton Global Initiative on September 25, 2012.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave these remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative event in New York on September 25, 2012.

The Israeli prime minister denies interfering in the US election, but his relationship with Barack Obama grows more antagonistic.