The 411

The people who should be advocating for the importance of public diplomacy are simply not in place, so leadership in this area is lacking.

It looks like the labor market recovery is strengthening. Unfortunately, the recovery is still too weak for where it should be.

For the next generation of taxpayers and retirees, there is no better option than premium support.

Congress should eliminate wasteful transportation programs and reduce spending.

Congress should consider supply chain realities in fostering a risk-based approach to maritime cargo security.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued final regulations for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The outcome is disappointing

The real antidote to tuition hikes at traditional colleges is emerging competition from colleges that are pioneering new business models.

The CBO budget outlook has reaffirmed the dismal state of the nation’s finances.

HUD is beginning to insidiously intrude in local housing policies in a concerted effort to require racial and economic integration.

Greater information sharing between the government and private-sector actors would harness the creativity of the American private sector.

With the benefits of the VWP clear, it is due time that Congress end the waiting game for expansion.

British Prime Minister declares: "once-in-a-generation chance" of improving the way Europeans advance the cause of human rights.

Within hours of Richard Cordray assuming the role of director at the CFPB, agency officials began exercising their newly expanded powers.

Calling on United Nations member states to make the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine "a living reality for peoples of the world," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon views States as having a "moral responsibility" to intervene in domestic matters when a country is failing to adequately protect its citizens from harm. To read more, click here.

The State Department has appointed representatives from business, labor, civil society, academia to serve on a Stakeholder Advisory Board on the U.S. National Contact Point for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. To read more, click here.

The European Court of Human Rights has decided that Romania violated the free-association rights of clergy in the Romanian Orthodox Church who, over the objection of Church officials, wanted to organize. To read more, click here.

Calling on United Nations member states to make the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine "a living reality for peoples of the world," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon views States as having a "moral responsibility" to intervene in domestic matters when a country is failing to adequately protect its citizens from harm. To read more, click here.

The U.S. nuclear triad of heavy bombers, intercontinental-range ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) is aging.

Congress should allow cooperative workplace programs for employers and employees to innovate and adapt to the modern economy.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s presentation makes it clear that the budget will not provide the U.S. military with the resources it needs.