Which House Republican health reform proposals are good ideas that should be seriously considered, and which should be scrapped?

The only leverage the U.S. had was to cancel the summit as soon as it learned that China was going back on its word.

Summits historically must have pomp, symbols and ritual. The upcoming summit between the United States and China should be replete with these if it is to succeed.

Recent events suggest the G-20 may not matter at all, especially as it faces the first real test of its power.

This volume explores regional conflicts, summitry and arms control, and relations between the United States and its allies.

The Obama adminstration's decision to move forward with the Korea free trade agreement represents a sharp break from a deliberately ambiguous trade policy and may mark a welcome return to U.S. trade leadership if the administration can overcome political obstacles to see it through.

We should talk to our enemies on our own terms and not theirs, and with their captive peoples in mind.

The G20 summit did little harm, but it did little to save the world, either. Leaders did not come to terms on fixing the banks, and until that happens, the world economy will continue to stagger along.