America’s national debt now exceeds $15 trillion, which is roughly equal to the value of all goods and services the U.S. economy produces in one year. If left unchecked, America's debt will have catastrophic consequences for the future of the nation. How did we arrive at this point?

The following is a statement of principles for U.S.-North Korean relations, signed by Leith Anderson, William Bennett, Charles Colson, Nicholas Eberstadt, Robert George, Michael Horowitz, Max Kampelman, Penn Kemble, Dianne Knippers, Richard Land, Richard Neuhaus, Michael Novak, Marvin Olasky, Mark Palmer, Nina Shea, Radek Sikorski, and R. James Woolsey:

Leading experts on China will discuss China's military modernization and economic development over the past two decades to mark Tiananmen's twentieth anniversary.

Over the past generation, dramatic and biologically unnatural imbalances between the number of baby boys and baby girls have emerged in many Asian societies. The problem of "missing girls"--literally tens of millions of them--is painfully evident in China and India today, but it also characterizes other Asian populations beyond these...

The amount of leisure time Americans have is crucial to our understanding of American well-being.

As the United States and governments across the globe react to North Korea’s nuclear test Sunday, questions loom about the test’s broader implications. Does this mark the beginning of the end for Kim Jong Il’s regime? What will the diplomatic and security landscapes of northeast Asia look like in the...

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (also known as the DPRK, and North Korea) is a special case in the annals of modern economic development, and not a good one: for it is an economy that once achieved a relatively advanced level of modernization, but then proceeded into prolonged, even catastrophic decline.

With its expanding economy and increasing military strength, China is positioning itself to challenge the United States in Asia and, in time, globally.