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David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters Red Herring: Legality of Russian Expansionism Isn't the Real Issue
The annexation of Crimea sets a terrible precedent for the international community.
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Does Syria Mean the End of the Responsibility to Protect?
The crisis underscores the difficulty of reconciling humanitarian ideals with geopolitical concerns.
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Can We End Hunger by Eating Bugs?
How the real caveman diet will help meet our global food needs.
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Why America Gets a B+ in Counterterrorism
On the second anniversary of the death of Osama Bin Laden, there have been laudable achievements in the fight against al-Qaeda, but we can do better on human rights.
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The Other Culprit That's Making Natural Disasters Deadlier: Cities
As the developing world urbanizes and its slums swell, the number of people affected by natural disasters is increasing.
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Americans Favor Diplomacy Over Military Action on Iran by Almost 4 to 1
Opinion polls also find that only 8 percent of Americans are willing to accept a nuclear Iran.
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The U.S. and Russia Look Like They Might Be Nearing a Deal on Syria
Can Presidents Obama and Putin find a UN Security Council resolution they can both live with?
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Is This Obama's 'Put Up or Shut Up' Moment on Syria Intervention?
The Syrian crisis meets some, but not all, of the criteria for a "right to protect" intervention.
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(Almost) Everyone Agrees: The U.S. Should Ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty
Most of the world follows the convention and the U.S. signed it years ago, but some conservative members of Congress are still blocking it.
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Why This Year's G8 Summit Matters
It won't solve Syria or world hunger, but the Obama-hosted meeting of world leaders can still take on some major issues.
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The Coming Global Water Crisis
What happens when demand for this essential resource starts exceeding supply in many parts of the world?
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Why Natural Resources Are a Curse on Developing Countries and How to Fix It
Some ideas for giving emerging economies a fighting chance against the resource curse.
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The Happiness Agenda: Can the UN Help Develop a Happier World?
Economics alone don't tell us much about people's wellbeing, but the leaders of Bhutan think they have a better way.
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Why the GOP Presidential Candidates Are Wrong to Bash Foreign Aid
It's not just bad policy. With popular support for the programs, it's bad politics as well.
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Obama's 4-Part Plan to Fix the United Nations
As the president says, the UN is "indispensable" but "flawed" and badly in need of improvement.
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Why 2011 Was a Banner Year for Human Rights
The world is making important strides in basic freedoms and rights
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3 Ways to Salvage Upcoming Global Climate Talks
Despite intransigence from China and the U.S. -- the world's two leading polluters -- the Durban conference can still do some good
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Obama's Plan for America's Pacific Century
Like the U.S.-European Atlantic Charter of 1941, a "Pacific Charter" could help establish the U.S. as an Eastern power
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6 Ways That World Governments Can Address the Global Economic Crisis
Ideas for the G-20 meetings in Cannes today
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How the Idea of National Sovereignty Is—and Isn't—Changing
A new book furthers the trend of worried "new sovereigntists," but global institutions are hardly the threat to U.S. democracy that they claim
