Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

Successful social security policy for Russia, consequently, will depend upon much more than social programmes alone: it will require the reduction of mortality rates for working-age individuals, the revitalization of higher education, and fundamental reform of the country's institutions and economic policies.

Nicholas Eberstadt and Apoorva Shah tackle Russia's grim demographic future, and what it portends for the West.

The current regime in Iran poses an extraordinary challenge to the safety of the United States and the safety of our democratic allies.

We have made promises in Medicare that cannot be kept, and we have compounded those promises with the Medicare Modernization Act.

Heading off future corrosive conflicts between the United Statesand the EU will necessitate reform of the international trading rules that have enmeshed--and entrapped--both trading superpowers.

The U.S. Agency for International Development should take several steps to improve performance, or Congress should distribute its malaria budget to another agency.

Globalization and rapid advances in high technology are transforming how we will live, work, and protect ourselves in the twenty-first century and beyond. Many of the most important and revolutionary of these changes are taking place in the developing world and emerging markets, offering new hope for even the poorest...