North Korea is testing how much the Obama administration will give to maintain the fiction of diplomatic progress.

The precipitous chill in U.S.-Japan relations after the Democratic Party of Japan came to power in 2009 and mishandled security relations should offer a sobering warning to Korean and American officials. As close as Tokyo and Washington have traditionally been, heated domestic rhetoric and policy miscues quickly damaged the relationship, which is still recovering.

When people take to the streets in great numbers, authoritarian and dictatorial regimes can only survive if the police or military are willing to shoot.

HUD recently issued its first official response to the report "Is FHA the Next Housing Bailout?", providing important insight into the perspective of HUD’s leadership on the issue of the solvency of the FHA insurance fund.

The administration's proposal for regulating the credit default swaps market is unlikely to reduce systemic risk, and may in fact increase it.

Review of The Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy, or Division? by Liam Anderson and Gareth Stansfield.

A careful look into credit-default swaps shows that they are not only simpler than thought, but also vital to keeping the financial system strong.

Proposed rule for Management"s Report on Internal Control over FinancialReporting (File No. S7-24-06).