America as a nation and as an idea. That might have been regarded as conventional wisdom not all that long ago, but ...

The distinguished historian says the U.S. isn’t like other nations and never has been. There is no American ethnicity to back ...

A lifelong friend and longtime student of domestic and international politics caught me off-guard recently with an observation I kicked myself for not having confronted before now. “It seems obvious,” ...

American lifestyles also changed drastically 80 years ago. President Donald Trump has taken to calling the fight to stop the global pandemic a "war" against an “invisible enemy.” Saying he views the ...

Vladimir Putin’s Russia has two fatal flaws: Its leader is increasingly illegitimate and its borders are artificial. Legitimacy matters because it endows rulers with the right to exercise authority, ...