While Americans have been welcoming the “end” of the war in Iraq over the past few days, a political crisis of serious proportions has been…
The true victors of the Cold War were visionaries like Vaclav Havel, Lech Walesa, and Yeltsin as well as the peoples of Eastern Europe. But…
Asia’s return to the center of world affairs is the great power shift of the 21st century. In 1750, Asia had roughly three-fifths of the…
This month, after nearly nine years, the American war in Iraq is finally drawing to a close. At its peak, 170,000 Americans were stationed…
There is a lot of enthusiasm for the GOP presidential debate tonight. It’s on CNN at 8pm. The topic: National security and foreign policy…
The First World War, the “Great War’’ that ended 93 years ago today, saw the United States emerge as a global power. But the war’s most…
Over the last two centuries, prominent Americans have described the United States as an "empire of liberty," a "shining city on a hill,"…
Richard Holbrooke, who died in December 2010, was a pivotal player in U.S. diplomacy for more than forty years. Most recently special envoy…
House Speaker John Boehner recently delivered a fiery indictment of Russia and the Obama administration’s entire “reset” in Russian policy…
THE UNITED States has been the dominant world power since 1945, and U.S. leaders have long sought to preserve that privileged position.…