Answering questions without a shade of fear or reticence and with remarkable thoughtfulness and self-awareness, the men and women we interviewed in Russia revealed deeply personal, passionate commitment to dignity in liberty and citizenship.

A new book provides a provocative interpretation of the status of human progress in the twenty-first century.

Saving is a good thing, but it is possible to overdo it.

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 is an ambitious attempt to meet the very real challenges posed by greenhouse gases.

What has become clear over the last several years is that ozone is having, at worst, a tiny effect on Americans' health and welfare.

Although it creates only a slight reduction in the amount of solar energy absorbed by the Earth, solar radiation management should be a part of U.S. climate policy.

William Drozdiak is president of the American Council on Germany, and a former foreign editor of the Washington Post. He was interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, consulting editor for cfr.org, on September 12, 2005.

The Deepwater Horizon spill is clearly an ecological disaster, but overreaction to it could cause more environmental and economic harm than good.