Anne-Marie Slaughter

Renewing American Democracy

Renewal has to begin at the individual level. Agreement isn’t necessary—but listening is.

Reinventing the State Department

It was designed to meet twentieth-century challenges. Here’s the refresh it needs.

Stage-Setting Power

A Lead Agency for Every Security Initiative

Our Waning Confidence

The paradox of 9/11 is that the United States was far more confident in 2002, just a year after the attacks and with the very real prospect of more to come, than it is today, after almost a decade of...