U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx�describes his department's thirty-year "Beyond Traffic" framework.

Israel's next governing coalition will lead a country that is prosperous and militarily strong but faces security, economic, and social challenges. Five experts weigh in on the country�s policy priorities.

What CFR.org Editors are reading the�week of March 9�13, 2015.

CIA Director John O. Brennan joins CBS News' Charlie Rose to discuss the agency's global mission and approach to emerging and persistent threats.

Israel holds elections; Iran's nuclear talks near an important deadline; and Syria marks four years of civil war.

CFR Senior Fellow Sheila A. Smith joins CFR President Richard N. Haass to introduce her new book,�Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China.

Benn Steil�s new Forbes op-ed examines Paul Krugman's data analysis purporting to document definitively that "austerity," defined by declines in real government purchases, damaged growth between 2010 and 2013. He shows that this finding collapses entirely when he excludes countries without independent monetary policies, such as those in the Eurozone. For countries with independent monetary policies, changes in real government purchases had no effect on growth.

If knowledge is power, we should all be feeling more powerful. The defining trend of our time is the ever-increasing connectedness made possible by technologies such as the Internet, satellite communication, and cell phones.With this connectedness comes instant access to a large portion of the world�s knowledge.

Experts discuss the complex global challenges facing the United Nations, U.S. policies regarding the UN, and the arguments for investment in international organizations.

No country feels China�s rise more deeply than Japan. In her new book, Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China, CFR Senior Fellow Sheila A. Smith explores the policy issues testing the Japanese government as it navigates its relationship with an advancing China.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu�s speech to Congress last week was described here and there as �maximalist��meaning, he insisted on the best imaginable terms for any agreement with Iran about its nuclear program. Because �Maximalist� is the title of my book on U.S. foreign policy since World War II, people have asked me whether Bibi�s approach isn�t the one the United States used for its own tough negotiations.

Why the Obama administration�s authorization for the use of military force against the Islamic State is intentionally an open-ended ticket to forever war � again.

The OECD�s approach to bringing in emerging powers as �key partners� is a smart way to remain relevant in a quickly shifting global landscape, argue Stewart Patrick and Naomi Egel. Other multilateral organizations should pay attention.

For many foreign policymakers, economic sanctions have become the tool of choice to respond to major geopolitical challenges, from counterterrorism to conflict resolution, explains this Backgrounder.

Julia Gillard, the former prime minister of Australia, joins CFR Senior Fellow Gayle Tzemach Lemmon to examine global education.

Farah Pandith, CFR�s adjunct senior fellow, discusses global efforts to counter violent extremism and offers policy recommendations for the United States, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

Gina McCarthy discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency�s�efforts to work with other nations to improve international climate policy and increase global environmental sustainability.

Administrator McCarthy discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency�s�efforts to work with other nations to craft international climate policy and improve global environmental sustainability.

It is often said that academics could do a better job speaking to the general public. It can probably also be said that academics could use a dose of looking at the forest as well as the trees. In the area of regulatory management, both appear to be true.

Research links about international trade and investment, including news, policy, agreements, and markets.