Reihan Salam

To understand America's economic future, it helps to look at some of our largest trading partners. Will we move towards a smaller state, a more egalitarian economy or both?

In Foreign Policy this summer, journalist Reihan Salam predicted that the "macho men's club called finance capitalism" would not survive the present ...

Let's say all goes well and we manage to reform our health care system so that the number of uninsured Americans falls close to zero. Given the political constraints facing the Obama administration, assume we do this through some slapdash approach that temporarily preserves job-based coverage while subsidizing coverage for millions of poor and near-poor families who do not currently receive coverage through their employers. To placate private insurers, assume that an individual mandate also goes into effect. How long might this new health care

After almost a decade spent skulking around with billionaires, celebrities, and other less-than-savory characters, Bill Clinton has returned to the world of high-stakes diplomacy. Once again, his animal magnetism has been placed in service to America's national interests. During a surprise visit to North Korea, the former president successfully negotiated the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, two American journalists who've been held captive since March. And though the White House insists that Clinton is acting on his

On the first night of Operation Desert Storm, American military forces launched a ferocious air attack that overwhelmed Iraq's defenses. It was the start of one of the most brilliant and decisive military campaigns in modern history, one that promised to cement a long era of American leadership.

Who are the Blue Dog Democrats? In theory, they are a caucus of moderate to conservative Democrats in the House, most of them hailing from rural and suburban swing districts. As Republican members melted away in 2006 and 2008, many were replaced by Blue Dogs, who essentially promised to be like Republicans, only anti-war and protectionist and economically populist. They've now emerged as the most serious threat to the Obama agenda.

For the last few months, the Obama White House has focused its attention on health care, and for good reason: Rising medical expenditures really do threaten to cripple the federal government and crowd out the investment we need to build a flourishing economy.

There's something very poignant about the photographs of a beaming Hillary Clinton in India. Having fractured her elbow last month, the secretary of State has been undergoing a grueling regime of physical therapy, and until recently she was wearing a stylish sling. One has to assume that Clinton is still in pain, yet she's managed to put on a valiant show for the Indian throngs who've greeted her. When Clinton first visited India in 1995, she was festooned with garlands at every stop. As a country… more

As we mourn the loss of Walter Cronkite, perhaps the world's most celebrated television journalist, we're also mourning the death of a common culture. After a long and successful career as a print journalist, most notably as a correspondent covering the final phase of the Second World War in Europe and North Africa, he emerged as one of the first of the television news stars, covering everything from national political conventions to celebrity fluff. And as anchor of the CBS Evening News, he set a pattern that… more

Indonesia has had an extraordinarily good run. The Islamist terrorist attack that struck two international hotels in the heart of Jakarta won't change that. This was the first successful attack in the country since 2005. That attack followed the spectacular 2002 Bali bombing that killed or maimed hundreds of tourists, thus bringing what had been America's war on terrorism to Southeast Asia. The consensus is that Friday's attack was perpetrated by some of the bedraggled remnants of Jemaah Islamiyah, the local answer to al Qaeda.