Comment: From the Sun King to Karzai

Lessons for State Building in Afghanistan

Sheri Berman

Comment: Empty Promises?

Obama's Hesitant Embrace of Human Rights

Kenneth Roth

Essay: Complexity and Collapse

Empires on the Edge of Chaos

Niall Ferguson

Essay: After Iran Gets the Bomb

Containment and Its Complications

James M. Lindsay and Ray Takeyh

Essay: Armistice Now

An Interim Agreement for Israel and Palestine

Ehud Yaari

Essay: Global Energy After the Crisis

Prospects and Priorities

Christof Rühl

Essay: India's Rise, America's Interest

The Fate of the U.S.-Indian Partnership

Evan A. Feigenbaum

Essay: The United States-Japan Security Treaty at 50

Still a Grand Bargain?

George R. Packard

Essay: New Treaty, New Influence?

Europe's Chance to Punch Its Weight

Anthony Luzzatto Gardner and Stuart E. Eizenstat

Essay: Enemies Into Friends

How the United States Can Court Its Adversaries

Charles A. Kupchan

Review Essay: Frostbitten

Decoding the Cold War, 20 Years Later

Lawrence D. Freedman

Response: Second Strike

Is the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Outmoded

Jan Lodal; James M. Acton; Hans M. Kristensen, Matthew McKin