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"Carter should be seen as an important figure who highlighted the risks and rewards of boldly pursuing values over interests," Paul Poast writes.

The backlash to the South Korean leader's comments to the Washington Post served as an important test of his underlying support, Karl Friedhoff writes.

The incident reflects the emerging adversarial pathology of US-China relations, which is increasingly obstructing any efforts at mutual understanding, Paul Heer writes.

"NATO once again has a clear singular mission: it returns it to its core function of ensuring the territorial integrity of Europe," Paul Poast writes.

"Early poll suggests South Koreans prefer Democratic leader as next peastolitical leader, but caveats abound," writes Marshall M. Bouton Fellow Karl Friedhoff.

We enter the ’20s at a time when American power and influence continues to wane, China’s is increasing and people all around the world are making clear that their voices need to be heard.

The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the quality of governance and competence of the world’s leaders. When politicians and civil servants fail to deliver, they quickly lose credibility and legitimacy.