Table of Contents

• Big Bets
• Reassert U.S. Leadership of a Liberal Global Order by Robert Kagan and Ted Piccone
• Secure the Future of the Internet by Peter W. Singer and Ian Wallace
• Solidify the U.S. - Afghanistan Alliance by Michael E. O'Hanlon and Gen. John Allen (USMC, Ret.)
• Lift the Ban on U.S. Oil Exports by Tim Boersma and Charles K. Ebinger
• Strengthen Stability in Africa by Michael E. O'Hanlon
• Double Downs
• Broaden the Approach to Iran by Suzanne Maloney
• Pursue Regime Change in Syria by Michael Doran
• Return to the Asia Rebalance by Jonathan D. Pollack and Jeffrey A. Bader
• Reach Out to Cuba by Ted Piccone
• Avert Conflict in the South and East China Seas by Richard C. Bush III, Bruce Jones and Jonathan D. Pollack
• Black Swans
• Israeli-Palestinian Violence Erupts by Natan B. Sachs
• Putin's Russia Goes rogue by Fiona Hill and Steven Pifer
• Venezuela Breaks Down in Violence by Harold Trinkunas
• Nightmares
• Korean Crisis Prompts Confrontation with China by Jonathan D. Pollack and Richard C. Bush III
• Iran Nuclear Talks Fail by Robert Einhorn and Kenneth Pollack
• Afghanistan's Presidential Election Goes Awry by Vanda Felbab-Brown
• Muslim Brotherhood Radicalizes by Daniel L. Byman and Tamara Cofman Wittes
• Avoid a U.S.-Saudi Divorce by Bruce Riedel
• Close the Deal on Free Trade by Mireya Solis
• Manage the Impact of Climate Change by Elizabeth Ferris
• Deepen Economic Ties to Turkey by Kemal Kirici
• Beyond New START by Steven Pifer

About the Author

"Theodore J. Piccone is acting vice president and director of the Foreign Policy program.Steven Pifer is director of the Brookings Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative and a senior fellow with the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence and the Center on the United States and Europe.Thomas Wright is a fellow at the Brookings Institution in the Managing Global Order project."