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ISIS as Revolutionary State

To many who have witnessed ?its brutal tactics and religious extremism, the Islamic State, or ISIS, seems uniquely baffling and unusually dangerous.

China's Domestic Governing Capacity: Prospects and Challenges

The topic of China's rise and what it really means for the global and regional order is the subject of intense debate in scholarly discourse and media around the world.

How to Counter Rape During War

Last year, at a global conference on sexual violence during war, many speakers agreed that the best way to deter such crimes was prosecution, and they called for more of it.

Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings: Lessons from Terrorism-Risk Assessments

Recollection bias is a phenomenon whereby people, after observing a highly unexpected event, hold current risk beliefs about a similar event that are no higher than their recollection of their prior

Trudeau Trounces the Politics of Enmity

A Road to Damascus, via Moscow

For four years, American policy toward Syria has been built on a wish and a prayer: a wish that President Bashar al-Assad would leave and a prayer that the “moderate” Syrian opposition would be more t

U.S.-Russia Relations: What Would Henry Kissinger Do?

The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?

Is the American Century Over?

Is the American Century over? Many seem to think so.

Thinking About the World: Philosophy and Sociology

In recent decades the world has grown together in ways in which it had never been before.