What do we make of the prospects for global action on the climate crisis, given recent events both in the U.S. Congress and in the international conversations leading up to Copenhagen?
The US and China both have a major interest in dealing with the negative impacts of their reliance on coal. It's time to get beyond rhetoric to start working through the details.
It was snowing lightly outside in Beijing, but inside we were warm and toasty. We had just taken a cooking class in the Peninsula's kitchen, and we w...
We have to wonder if the US had taken Hummer, especially with its dependence on the military version, and turned it into a government-owned operation, would the US benefit?
We have much to learn from Beijing. The Chinese Communist Party wisely crafted a stimulus plan that called for up to 75% of spending be financed by banks and state-owned enterprises -- not the central government.
As Obama contemplates a new strategy for Afghanistan, he should consider integrating the conservative values of fiscal discipline and limited government into his foreign policy decision-making.
The American debt as a percentage of GDP is at around 100%, which is expected to edge up to 101% in 2011, then begin to drop. However, Japan's debt as a percentage of GDP will go to 230%!
Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. There was the deep bow before the emperor A...
The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Increased Tension Over Iran's Program SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's rece...
Fortunately, this year, you can holiday shop for your child or grandchild with more confidence than ever before. That's because there are new rules on your side and the side of America's children.
By Raquel Brown, Media Consortium Blogger Last weekend in Singapore, President Barack Obama acknowledged that a comprehensive international climate d...
The short form would be that John Woo rediscovered himself in returning to China, but that really doesn't capture what's going on. Woo made his name w...
I was watching Obama speak to those Shanghai students during his big Asia trip, and suddenly I remembered my '80s high school Spanish class. My teache...
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Scientists warn while Americans yawn; Climate Thunder Down Under: it's fire season again in Australia, while their debate ...
America will not win the arms race of the 21st century with rockets, but with robust investment in and support of U.S.-based green technology. While Congress dawdles, China is clobbering us.
Scientists agree that dams can trigger earthquakes. A new paper presents evidence that the devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in 2008, was triggered by the Zipingpu Dam.
While Obama posed for photos on the Great Wall and talked about a relationship "at an all-time high," China continues to take our lunch money.
Washington has doled out hundreds of millions in stimulus funds to foreign renewable energy firms, which compete with and run all over fledgling U.S. firms that were supposed to get the money.
The aftermath of 9/11 led to a US foreign policy fixation on terrorist roots in the Mideast. Meanwhile, the Pacific Rim got the cold shoulder, alienating friends in the region and damaging strategic interests.
A major new report released today is the first to comprehensively benchmark the competitiveness positions of the United States and key Asian challengers in the global clean energy race.
President Obama, with all due respect... and I recognize that there is indeed a lot of respect due, I write to tell you that you can do better.
