The UN breaks its own rules--again.

Is the Chinese Olympics of 2008 a good idea, consideringChina is the only nation that can challenge America in its corollary complex role as the purveyor of liberty?

With President Bush's meeting with Chinese president Hu Jintao truly be "friendly but forthright"?

The United States needs to look for ways to maximize its influence in the Asia-Pacific region through region-wide forums and institutional arrangements, especially given the rise of a still-autocratic China.

If things develop in Eastern Europe as expected, Europeans will have new burdens to assume. Americans will have old burdens to relinquish.