It is important to ask ourselves, as citizens, whether a world power can provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety.

I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?

All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia.

One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global economy without precipitating calamitous consequences for everyone.

We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.

Americans must place greater emphasis on the more subtle dimensions of national power, such as innovation, education, the balance of force and diplomacy, and the quality of political leadership.