Carne Ross says that humanity is a complex system and for true change to occur, order and functionality must emerge from the bottom up.
President Obama called Afghanistan 'the good war.' Now some lawmakers want to exit as quickly as possible.
On June 26, the 21st Century Defense Initiative at Brookings hosted a discussion on the implications of and potential alternatives to sequestration featuring a keynote address by Senator Kelly Ayotte (R.-N.H.), a member of the Armed Services and Budget committees.
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi plants a tree in Paris during the French leg of her European tour.
Queen Elizabeth attends a Titanic exhibit following a historic handshake with ex-IRA leader Martin McGuinness.
Rescuers pull 16 passengers to safety from a trapped bus in southern China, where heavy rains have caused flooding across various provinces.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warns Damascus, 'We will not refrain from teaching a lesson to Syria.'
Syria's President, Bashar al Assad, has now admitted the full scale of the conflict in a meeting with his new cabinet.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran talks to Ray Suarez about how Afghanistan will continue be a violent and chaotic place after U.S. troops leave.
Jonathan Schanzer talks about international pressues on Iran.
Dr. Fouad Ajami talks about how Syrian rebels hang on while pressures build on Assad's regime
Former CIA covert operations officer Mike Baker on the ongoing situation in Syria and the possibility of U.S. involvement.