In an era of fake news and economic stagnation, liberal democracy has wavered around the world, its ability to convince electorates that progress is attainable weakened, as the influence of ethno-religious nationalist sentiment grows, write Nora Fisher-Onar and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk.

Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor who recently passed away at age 95, became a founding member of the Pacific Council on International Policy from the very start in 1995, writes Abraham Lowenthal.

Washington should build upon new congressional initiatives to strengthen its alliances and partnerships with Pacific Islands Countries, write C. Steven McGann and Richard Pruett.

The United States is still battered by the coronavirus while other countries have gotten the epidemic under control, write Peter Katona and Seth Freeman. Why is that?

To build a better, more democratic, more equitable world after the pandemic, the United States could start by helping refugees, rather than what it can do by merely seeking its own benefit, write Kemal Kirişci and Sam Denney.

Sixty years of tradition—of Latin American leadership of the Inter-American Development Bank—should not be overturned in its presidential election, which is currently scheduled for mid-September but should be deferred until March, write George Shultz, Thomas McLarty, Carla Hills, Robert Zoellick, Abraham Lowenthal, and Nelson Cunningham.

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd discusses the challenges facing the Indo-Pacific, including the many facets of China’s rise, with Jongsoo Lee.

Voice of America has been effective because it broadcasts truth rather than propaganda, but its independence is now in jeopardy, write Madeleine Albright and Marc Nathanson.

The problem for the Mexican government is that it does not possess a strategy for the development of the country, writes Luis Rubio.

The Trump administration has accomplished in just three years an objective that Beijing has long pursued: reducing U.S. influence in the region by weakening the U.S.-Japan-South Korea partnership, write Mieczysław Boduszyński and Gene Park.