Students often asked me those two questions when I was a college professor teaching U.S. foreign policy. To my good fortune, ...

This essay emerged from the Lloyd George Study Group on Global Governance.

When it comes to foreign policy, history shows us there are two types of US vice president. A few amass outsized power and influence, like George W. Bush’s second in command, Dick Cheney, who was the ...

Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder, by Michael McFaul, Mariner Books, 544 pages, $35 If you were looking for a human avatar of America's unipolar moment, you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asia's economic, trade and policy matters. Instead of 193 countries in the world (the number of UN member nations), ...