Any short analysis of Barack Obama's successes and failures in foreign policy must necessarily be incomplete. Is it enough to weigh his undeniable good judgment in ordering Navy SEALS to take out Osama bin Laden against his vacillation when faced with the Arab Spring?

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is currently the target of a recall effort spearheaded by national public employee unions. If his opponents get enough signatures by Jan. 17, Wisconsin will hold a gubernatorial election this summer. The outcome is crucial to the future of the country.

If there is one success story since 9/11, it has been the efforts to combat terror finance. If military action is sometimes akin to conducting surgery with an axe, efforts to dry up sources of funding are like wielding a scalpel.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is taking a big risk by investing a total of $8 million in Carly Fiorina's election, which could lead to a Tea Party backlash if other candidates lose by razor-thin margins.

In normal times, Northeast Republicans" moderate message can win over districts in suburbia, but the war may knock off a significant number in 2006.

Counterfeit drugs have contaminated India's pharmaceutical supply, putting the entire Indian medical system at risk, and can only be stopped by a broader political effort.

Washington must continue to guarantee drugmakers a certain period of exclusivity, but it should also increase the transparency of the patent system and close legal loopholes used by both drugmakers and their generic competitors.

Satisfying the needs of politicians inside the World Health Organization is not going to fight AIDS infection.