In November 2020, two retired colleagues from the State Department, Ambassadors Marc Grossman and Marcie Ries, and I published a…
Ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are torn between two visions of progress: a democratic one…
What are the consequences of women dying in combat? We study how women fighting on the frontlines of the military affects public attitudes…
Congress needs to repair the damage Trump has caused to the effectiveness and morale of the Foreign Service.
No federal Cabinet agency risks a greater financial hit in President Trump’s first budget than the oldest, the most senior and one of the…
We study whether war service by one generation affects service by the next generation in later wars, in the context of the major US…
This essay analyzes the persistence of the death penalty in the United States--a topic that has long been the subject of debate among legal…
The Cold War and decolonization transformed the twentieth century world. The book begins by exploring ideas of modernity, development, and…
This article analyzes the historical conditions for, and implications of, the attitudes and conduct of a number of prominent or influential…
History suggests that progress in racial justice comes only when American leaders see it as crucial to US geopolitical interests.