Most of the exchanges rested on the ideological debate over how much attention -- and corresponding funds -- should be paid to crises abroad while economic troubles at home remain paramount from voter polls to Capitol Hill.

The future of the Mérida Initiative to deepen bilateral security cooperation with Mexico and combat transnational organized crime.

Even though it currently looks like a daunting and risky prospect, the ultimate objective must be a unified, democratic, market-oriented Korea that is allied with the United States.

The newly elected Democratic Party of Japan envisions a security policy that emphasizes greater independence from the United States, further engagement with China, and decreased defense spending.

Two questions face a Washington focused on cutting budgets and stressed after a decade of combat in the Middle East. First, do we have the will to succeed in the Indo-Pacific? And second, do we have the means to continue to lead?

Today, more than ever, Europe is singing President Bush's tune.

A new business model for foreign aid is the main hope--perhaps the only hope--for fixing a broken system.

Case studies of European states--Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Sweden--suggest the need for greater defense cooperation and pooling of military resources among European states.