getting people to sit in the back office and connect dots has not been their strong suit. Now they know they have to do it. The question is, Will they?

She has enormously improved the Wilson School, … I’ve said to my successor, you’ve got to look over your back.

She did a good job of explaining what has been a veiled policy, … She has a vision of democracy in the Middle East as a means of eliminating terrorism, but there is an inadequate...

They’re nice ideals, appropriate especially in this setting celebrating Woodrow Wilson, but they’re not enough, … The strategy wasn’t there and it hasn’t been there.

The resistance to globalization has a new quality today. You have populist leaders in developing countries who are empowered by high oil prices and you have a protectionist climate in the rich countries. The two...

the location of the server does not seem to give that much power.

I think most Americans still hope for a peaceful and beneficial future with China. As (former) President (Bill) Clinton once said, we have more to fear from a poor weak China than from a rich...

The government really needs to focus on recruiting people for their first job and first opportunity. Often, most people simply price themselves out of the market.

We appear to be turning to a conservative cycle in the major countries. President Bush’s administration will find they have more allies, and this will be a big plus for them.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

In recent years, both China and India have adopted foreign policies that have increased their attractiveness to others. But neither country yet ranks high on the various indices of potential soft-power resources that are possessed...