The truth is that his tenure as secretary of state was often rocky, and as full of setbacks as acclaim.

Fifty years after President Nixon's historic trip to China, U.S.-China relations are at a crossroads.

The different responses to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Iraq's of Kuwait three decades ago reveal growing international fragmentation and disorder.

A turn toward Pakistan and away from India, as well as a race for the exits from Afghanistan, would be unwise.

Colin Powell’s extraordinary career as a soldier-statesman provides a model for how to live one’s life in the public arena at a time few such models can be found.