The United Nations's human rights record has never been good, and it is not getting any better.

If the Noda government relinquishes its claim to the joint exploration of the seabed around the Senkakus, hesitates to modernize Japan's military and cuts back on missile defense activities, a conservative backlash could emerge, heightened by perceived regional impressions that Japan is weakening relative to China.

Japan and the United States represent two of the world’s largest economies, with an interdependent trade relationship that surpassed $200 billion in 2007. Confronted by a restructuring of the world’s financial system and changes to the global trade environment, including American protectionism, the growth of Chinese export power, and the...

The author concludes that fiscal policy is a more potent countercyclival tool than monetary policy under flexible exchange rates.

Experts in health care policy reached a consensus on a set of concrete, feasible steps that show promise for slowing spending growth and improving quality in health care.

Provision of health care in developing regions is not keeping pace with rapid economic growth.

The 2007 Farm Bill willhave negative social and economic effects.

Despite what many believe, it is impossible to gain energy independence.