Two diametric narratives apply to the way in which the presidential campaign has unfolded this summer. The first is the conventional wisdom: A grinding summer has produced a bland and vitriolic stalemate...

President Obama's recent trip to Asia has set off a series of military and defense policy shifts that have raised temperatures in East Asia. Recent regional events have escalated from relatively inconsequential...

The silver lining of President Obama's midterm "shellacking" may well be an improvement in political cooperation, as former President Jimmy Carter cautiously predicted in an interview with comedian Bill...

Futenma poses a major challenge to President Obama's administration, but has gotten fairly little exposure in the U.S. press. Although it is a word that is likely unfamiliar to most Americans stateside,...