Professor Joseph Nye discusses how under the influence of the information revolution and globalization, world politics has changed in a way that means that even if the United States remains the largest power, we cannot achieve many of our international goals acting alone.

Miles Rapoport discusses how it's important to remember that our election system has two critical and longstanding problems that are barriers to achieving full and inclusive representation: consistently low voter participation and an electorate still deeply unreflective of our country’s increasingly diverse population. The solution is straightforward - make voting a universal civic duty.