One of the greatest advantages the United States has over China has been its soft power—the ability to persuade other countries, particularly allies and partners, to go along with its wants without ...

CHRISTOPHER S. CHIVVIS is Director of the American Statecraft Program and a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

"Defendants have openly, publicly, and in sworn testimony admitted that they are engaging in conduct...that is squarely ...

With the death of Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, better known as "El Mencho"-- one of Mexico's most powerful drug lords-- the government's long-standing policy of rapprochement with drug cartels ...