Will Marshall writes in Foreign Policy that even though President Obama has been able to neutralize the Republican Party's traditional advantage on national security, with the upcoming presidential election, now is the time to return to the liberal principle of defense of freedom at home and abroad.

Neil King Jr. of the Wall Street Journal explains that despite several shared beliefs, the Republican Party and the Latino community remain at odds over immigration and how this will influence the presidential elections in November.

The World Economic Forum released this year's Global Competitiveness Report, which analyzes and ranks 144 economies and suggests that productivity improvements and private sector investment will be key to improving global economies.

A history of targeted killings and the U.S. policy stance toward their use in military practices.

This report from the International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic of Stanford Law School and the Global Justice Clinic and New York University School of Law studies the extent to which drone strikes in Pakistan have conformed to international law and caused harm or injury to civilians.

Today's Republicans are as divided on foreign policy as they've ever been, and Mitt Romney is finding it hard to bridge the divisions.

The GOP nominee has yet to clarify his foreign policy instincts.

The Wall Street Journal explains how speeches by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice invigorated and energized an otherwise lackluster Republican National Convention.

Peter Baker discusses the relationship between what presidential candidates say on the campaign trail and what they do once elected and what this relationship indicates about U.S. foreign policy if Mitt Romney wins the presidential election in November.

In an interview with Politico, Romney discusses issues ranging from his likeability to Obama's upcoming convention speech and his approach to the presidency.

As constant threats of a European meltdown continue to impede U.S. economic growth, Obama remains fixated on their economic situation.

Mitt Romney unveiled his energy plan recently, saying that it would bring energy independence to the United States within a decade. But some experts were skeptical of the claims.

The exceptional economic growth that is taking place in big cities is expected to continue, so executives and policy makers must understand the implications of this trend and be prepared to respond.

The situation in Mali challenges U.S. goals of promoting stability, democracy, civilian control of the military, and effective counterterrorism in Africa, and raises questions regarding the strategic design and effectiveness of existing U.S. efforts to do so.

The history of civil wars — and of efforts to stop them — demonstrates what is likely to work and what is likely to fail.

Amartya Sen writes: "Europe has been extraordinarily important for the world, which has learned so much from it. It can remain globally important by setting its own house in order--economically, politically, and socially. The first step is to understand properly, with some clarity, the policy challenges that Europe faces today. A failure to do so will reverberate far beyond Europe's own borders."

The role of drones in the military--and their move toward autonomy--is rapidly progressing.

In his latest exclusive dispatch from Deir el-Zour province, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad meets fighters who have left the Free Syrian Army for the discipline and ideology of global jihad.

Commodities traders are looking to countries beset with internal unrest to make high-risk bets for high rewards.