As China grows less predictable and the United States less willing to shoulder its responsibilities, familiar patterns of bilateral relations must change.

With school districts clamoring to partner with Sal Khan, in 2012 we’re going to hear a lot about the transformative potential of the “flipped classroom.

We can debate the best way forward tomorrow. But today we celebrate a victory in the war on terror, and the demise of the man who ordered the deaths of Dan Shanower and nearly 3,000 others on Sept. 11, 2001.

Reid Hoffman’s talk this week at Stanford (podcast and video available here) touched on several themes that collectively seem to comprise the Silicon Valley innovator ethos; most are relevant to healthcare and biopharma, and I agree with all his assertions except one.

(Hoffman, for...

American identity, character, and civic life are shaped by many things, but decisive among them are our national memories—of our long history, our triumphs and tragedies, our national aspirations and achievements. Crucial to the national memory are the words our forebears wrote, to show us who we are and what we might yet become.

One year ago Rick Perry was not considered, by himself or by just about anyone else, a potential presidential candidate. His performance in last night's Fox News/Google debate in Orlando showed why.

There have been more than a few hints that the Obama administration intends to pursue deeper nuclear arms cuts. A strategic review issued in early January reiterated the administration’s belief that U.S. deterrence requirements can be achieved with a smaller nuclear arsenal. Moreover, the United States...

April 22, 2000, marks the thirtieth anniversary of the first Earth Day. In the three decades since that initial event, the environmental movement has become a major force in American life. This panel will assess the political significance of environmentalism and will look at what environmental trends tell us about...