Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. Congress is empowered to set tariff policy, but it has delegated much of its authority to the president.

This blog post is part of a series entitled Is Japan in Decline?, in which leading experts analyze Japan’s economy, politics, and society and give their assessment of Japan’s future. During a recent…

Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, authors of the new book Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think, published last month, answered several questions on big d…

The best books written on the 9/11 attacks and on how the U.S. government has responded in the decade since then.

Whenever I speak about the emergence of drone warfare and how it has been used for U.S. targeted killings, people react with a mix of unease, fascination, and curiosity. They also often ask for sugge…

As 2023 comes to a close, here are ten Americans we lost this year who made a mark in foreign policy.