spent much of last week in Toronto at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association. For those of you outside academia, this…
As NATO marks its 70th anniversary this week, this unique, often unwieldy, 29-member alliance is confronting one of the most difficult sets…
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Washington should protect the future of the planet and the American economy.
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If they’ve been paying attention, Americans have received some rude wake-up calls in recent years. What unpleasant news do these messages…
Partisan politics, one sometimes still hears, are supposed to “stop at the water’s edge.” Domestic political quarrels might be intense and…
In a classic tragedy, the leading figure is usually a person with admirable qualities and even good intentions, drawn inexorably toward…