Most Governments Lie To Each

America's Civilian Institutions Of Diplomacy And Development Have Been Chronically Undermanned And Underfunded For Far Too Long.

My One Concern Is That Hu Jintao May Overestimate How Much Power China Has In Pyongyang. They Have - They Do Have Influence, And They Do Have Companies, And They Do Have Economic Relationships That Could Make Life Much More Difficult In The North. Their Balancing Act Is, "how Much Worse Can We Make It In The North Without Creating That Which Scares Us More Than Anything, Which Is A Collapse In The North." And Then What Happens To All Those Nuclear Weapons. So They're Going To Work Very Hard To Avoid That.

There's A Lot Of Books Out There About How You Lead Change In Business, But I've Certainly Not Seen Any... On How You Do That In Public Institutions.

Well, Israel, Obviously, Thinks Of The Iranian Nuclear Program As An Existential Threat To Israel.

Well, I've Ruffled A Few Feathers At All The Institutions I've Led. But I Think That's Part Of Leadership.