Michael R. Strain hopes the new pope will emphasize the value of economic freedom, as most of his predecessors did.

Romain Troublé is Executive Director of the Tara Ocean Foundation.

Romain Troublé explains why efforts to stem the flow of toxic debris must be accompanied by a reduction in production.

As the global influence that once underpinned American greatness erodes, its reputation may soon be damaged beyond repair.

Jorge G. Castañeda thinks the region, while not the president’s main focus, will still suffer from the fallout of his actions ...

Kenneth Rogoff says that blaming the greenback’s dominance distracts from the real causes of America’s trade imbalances.

Amrit Amirapu & Arvind Subramanian explain why a tried-and-true development path remains key to lifting millions from poverty ...

Pope John XXIII was a progressive pope whose Vatican II reforms occurred just as The Beatles were setting the world alight.

Thomas Graham, a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, is a research scholar at the MacMillan Center and Co-Founder of the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies program at ...

Over his long career in government and academia, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., transformed the field of international relations, one of ...

Giancarlo Corsetti charts the decline of multilateral cooperation and the resurgence of protectionist trade policies.