Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released this August 2012 energy white paper that details a 'goal of North American energy independence by 2020'.

Leslie H. Gelb says Obama captured the political center at home on foreign policy – a feat for a Democrat – because he avoided costly mistakes abroad. He understood the limits of U.S. power, but not its strengths when encased in a good strategy, and thus failed to achieve solutions to big problems abroad.

Sebastian Mallaby argues that the woes of the U.S. workforce should convince politicans of the urgent need for tax, welfare, and education reforms.

Peter Orszag highlights the selection effect problem that can drive up health-care costs when private insurance plans bid to cover Medicare beneficiaries.

President Obama gave these remarks to the White House Press Corps on August 20, 2012.

"[Paul Ryan] voices a trade-based American exceptionalism with human rights at its core -- an outlook embraced by those on the hawkish end of GOP foreign policy," says Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Representative Paul Ryan's remarks after his introduction as Mitt Romney's running mate.

Peter Orszag argues that Paul Ryan's proposals for Medicare and Medicaid reform would not reduce health-care costs so much as shift them around.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released this "Plan for a Stronger Middle Class" on August 2, 2012.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave this speech in Warsaw, Poland on July 31, 2012.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave these remarks to the Jerusalem Foundation in Jerusalem, Israel on July 29, 2012.

Elliott Abrams says that Mitt Romney's positions on issues in the Middle East will be "good bets" in the upcoming election.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave these remarks at the National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Reno, Nevada on July 24, 2012.

President Obama gave these remarks at the National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Reno, Nevada on July 23, 2012.

President Barack Obama published this article on cybersecurity in the Wall Street Journal on July 19, 2012.

Julia Sweig surveys the 2012 presidential campaign narratives and the United States' love-hate relationship with the wealthy.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign website posted this position statement on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Scott Wilson explains that Obama wanted to restore America's reputation as a credible mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and in doing so, the president believed he needed to regain Arab trust and talk tough to Israel.

Between enthusiasm for President Obama's pro-democracy message and appreciation for the Democratic Party's support for the anti-apartheid movement, South Africans strongly favor Obama's reelection, says Moeletsi Mbeki.

The Congressional Budget Office prepared this report in July 2012, to analyze the long term impact of the 2013 Future Years Defense Program, the Department of Defense's budget projection of fiscal years 2013 to 2017, through 2030. This report considers the budget in light of the Budget Control Act, or sequestration.