As President Obama huffs and puffs about his tax plan, which is unlikely to pass in the Democratic-majority Senate much less the Republican-controlled House, Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, has provided a much broader view of where the United States stands amid great changes in the world and some useful guidance on what direction public policy ought to take.

Will we recover, unbridle ourselves of debt, innovate, pay for our national security? Or, is China fated to become number one, leaving us to live in a Chinese world?

In American and European history, arguments over taxation--the power of the purse--have been key in the development of democratic institutions. Ideally, paying taxes stimulates demand for accountability, and accountability is a foundation of good governance. But many developing countries generate relatively little revenue from domestic taxation, financing government instead through...

If we can consider the facts about AIDS, as well as malaria and TB,then we can determine the true obstacles to treatment and eradication.

The United States and its allies and partners must not only understand Iran’s regional strategy and influence but also develop a coherent strategy of their own with which to confront them. Considering the relative economic, political, and diplomatic power of the two sides, it is unacceptable for the United States and its allies to allow Iran even such progress as it has made in these realms.

How do regulatory barriers restrict access medication in developing countries?

The collapse of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Doha round of trade negotiations has raised important questions about the future of the WTO as an organization, the future of multilateral trade rounds, the place of trade in the development agenda, and the fragmentation of trade through bilateral and regional free...