Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role.

When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies, the United States and Europe have parted ways.

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.

If a caterpillar doesn't know its future has wings, it hardly experiences itself as land-bound.

In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides the overall security that allows Europe to live in a system where military power is not a major issue.

Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role.

Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.