Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

Open political and economic systems have been gaining ground and there's a good reason for it. They work better.

Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

If they are too big to fail, make them smaller.

Ideas matter a lot, the underlying ideas that stand behind policies. When you don't have ideas, your policies are flip-flopping all over the place. When you do have ideas, you have more consistency. And when you have the right ideas - then you can get somewhere (reagan had the right ideas).

World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world.