L. Gordon Flake, executive director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, analyzes the upcoming 2012 South Korean presidential election and its implications for U.S.-ROK relations.

In this Working Paper, Blake Clayton, fellow for energy and national security, discusses how the International Energy Agency (IEA)–coordinated emergency oil release of 2011 offers lessons for policymakers and energy officials in IEA countries and provides insight into how future releases should be structured.

Latino immigrant entrepreneurs are set to tap rapidly expanding Latino markets at home and abroad. Starr explains what governments at all levels should do to unlock their full entrepreneurial potential.

In this Contingency Planning Memorandum, Patrick D. Duddy argues that the United States should prepare for the possibility of political unrest surrounding Venezuela's 2012 presidential election.

The future of military spending will likely feature prominently in the upcoming presidential election. President Obama proposes bringing military spending down to 2000 levels (3.7 percent of GDP), while Governor Romney has proposed setting a floor for core defense spending at 4 percent of GDP. The attached chart book on trends in U.S. and global defense spending from CFR's Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies sets this debate in historical and global context.

A broad-sweeping look at international efforts to protect the health of the world's oceans and ensure freedom of movement across them. This is part of the Global Governance Monitor, an interactive feature tracking multilateral approaches to several global challenges.

A broad-sweeping look at international efforts to improve public health. This is part of the Global Governance Monitor, an interactive feature tracking multilateral approaches to several global challenges.

In this Contingency Planning Memorandum, Douglas Ollivant argues that the United States has a significant stake in helping Iraq overcome major threats to its stability—namely, the prospect of renewed ethno-sectarian violence or a breakdown of constitutional order.

John Campbell argues that converging views on Zimbabwe provide an opportunity for the United States and South Africa to improve their bilateral relations. Both countries want a peaceful and credible transition in Zimbabwe. Working together on a coordinated approach that would pressure the Mugabe regime to ensure free, fair, and credible elections could launch a U.S. partnership with South Africa on other regional African issues.

Ralph A. Cossa of Pacific Forum CSIS discusses the ROK government's cancellation of both the June 29 signing of the General Security of Military Information Agreement and its plan to pursue a military Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement with Japan.

A broad-sweeping look at international efforts to combat climate change. This is part of the Global Governance Monitor, an interactive feature tracking multilateral approaches to several global challenges.

A broad-sweeping look at international efforts to combat transnational crime. This is part of the Global Governance Monitor, an interactive feature tracking multilateral approaches to several global challenges.

In an era when the growing export markets are increasingly in countries that are not English-speaking, the authors argue for a federal initiative to reverse the decline in foreign language education and promote the instruction of market-relevant foreign languages in U.S. schools.

The year 2014 promises to be a defining one for Afghanistan. In this Policy Innovation Memorandum, Max Boot recommends seven specific steps the United States can take to secure the country's future and prevent the reemergence of Taliban rule.

Though on May 2, 2012, the South Korean parliament passed legislation establishing an emissions trading scheme (ETS), effectiveness of this scheme will be determined by its ability to clear at least three hurdles on the road to implementation.

Bollyky outlines the integrated strategy that U.S. policymakers should adopt to overcome the challenges of regulating in an era of global supply chains and achieve better outcomes for U.S. consumers, businesses, and trading partners alike.

In the first installment of the Renewing America Progress Report and Scorecards, "Road to Nowhere: Federal Transportation Infrastructure Policy" provides a critical assessment of federal transportation policy, including background on major policy initiatives and analysis of what's needed to start moving forward.

In this Working Paper, Suzanne Nossel, former deputy assistant secretary of state for international organizations from August 2009 to November 2011, discusses how U.S. engagement with the UN Human Rights Council has acted to improve the body and offers recommendations for sustaining and building upon this positive momentum.

President of the Institute of Foreign Policy and National Security at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy Choi Kang analyzes changing dynamics in East Asia and U.S. policy toward the region.

Economic Downturn: Compares economic indicators from the latest recession to past downturns, both post-war and pre-war, to demonstrate the recent recession is worse than other post-war recessions.