On January 20, 2009, the next President will have a unique opportunity to create a new global agenda for the United States and right the course of America's foreign policy. William Durch, from the Stimson Center, has published a paper (pdf), through the Better World Campaign, that discusses the importance of confronting the challenges and opportunities of UN peacekeeping through that agenda.

To foster that discussion, UN Dispatch and Foreign Policy Passport are hosting an online salon, in which the following have graciously agreed to participate:

• David Bosco
• William Durch
• Tod Lindberg
• Mark Malan
• Eric Reeves

Mark Goldberg and Blake Hounshell, the Web editor at Foreign Policy, will moderate.

Over the next few days, they will discuss Bill's ideas, as well as their own. We hope you will join this discussion too. You can submit comments, subscribe to the salon RSS feed, bookmark the salon archive, or submit your own ideas on OnDayOne.org. Enjoy.