Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has met with fierce resistance from the Ukrainian military but from ordinary citizens. Drawing on survey…
The international standing of the United States has taken a serious hit over the past four years. Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s…
Times of strain often lead to explosions of religiosity, as people turn to faith as a balm against misfortune. The coronavirus pandemic,…
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…
A group of experts and former government officials from Harvard Kennedy School (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)…
By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power the world had ever seen, a booming…
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This month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia — a UNESCO world heritage site and museum — as a house of…
The Cold War dominated world affairs during the half century following World War II. America prevailed, but only after fifty years of grim…