When candidates flip-flop, their poll numbers suffer, but when countries flip-flop, entire economies suffer. This scenario is playing out in India after the government flip-flopped on its decision to allow retail giants such as Wal-Mart to own a majority 51% stake in joint operations with a local partner.

The Republican presidential debate Thursday night sponsored by Fox News and Google gave primary voters and caucusgoers at least one good reason to reject every candidate on the stage. The interesting question now is whether someone else will enter the race.

At this point, both polls and logic make it clear that far more voters will blame Republicans than the president or his Democrats.

Obama's exercise of war powers in Libya is firmly in the tradition of American foreign policy. While he has parted ways with antiwar Democrats, he still shows that he has to learn the ways of the executive.

Politicians seeking to appease popular opinion with protectionist measures could set back a global economic recovery for decades.

The new Thai government is following the path of its predecessors, breaking drug patents and not spending enough on health.

Bailing out U.S. automakers is good politics, but not good leadership.

Americans see the military as the ultimate problem solvers and theysee politics as the enemy of problem-solving; how is the United States supposed to fight a political war in Afghanistan?