A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union.

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.

Democracy fascinates me.

One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.

The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world.

Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them.