2012 has been an eventful year for Russia and the Eurasia region as well as for U.S.-Russia relations. To nobody’s surprise, Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia for the third time in March with a commanding majority of 64% of the votes. Also not entirely...

Potential sales of billions of dollars of energy equipment produced by U.S. companies are at stake in the major economies of the region. They are expected to import as much as $16 billion worth of energy products over the next few years to power their economic growth. But...

Note: A shorter version of this commentary appeared in the Taking Exception section of the Washington Post on December 22, 2012

I have long admired Rajiv Chandrasekaran's war reporting, which has consistently provided balance to the...

The US cannot hope to achieve a successful resolution to Iran’s nuclear weapons programs, or establish security in the Gulf, without the support of its military partners in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.  Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,...

The Expanded Economic Engagement (E3) Initiative was one of the most ambitious ideas to come out of the U.S.-ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in Phnom Penh in November. Although it is not a groundbreaking effort, the E3 establishes a framework to expand cooperation to boost...

While vacationers think of the Caribbean in terms of suns and beaches, U.S. policymakers tend to think of it in terms of counternarcotics, humanitarian aid, and HIV/AID mitigation.  It is true that the Caribbean is prone to natural disasters and is dependent on imports...

Canada is the United States' largest economic partner, with more than $1 million in trade per minute crossing the border every year.  Canada is a secuirty partner and close ally whose young men and women have marched alongside ours from the battlefields of Korea to...

In Washington you can generally tell it is time to pay attention to an issue when it makes the cover of the Economist.  The magazine’s October 13 edition ran a special feature on income inequality, focusing on the damage it can do not only to social stability but...

The Expanded Economic Engagement (E3) Initiative was one of the most ambitious ideas to come out of the U.S.-ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in Phnom Penh in November. Although it is not a groundbreaking effort, the E3 establishes a framework to expand cooperation to boost...