In early reporting on the Iran War as "the ultimate war of choice," the New York Times spoke, as usual, in the sanitizing language of political realism. This is the lingua franca of the foreign policy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A good many American blowhards owe Rep. Dean Phillips an apology. I'm one of them. Nine months ago I published a somewhat snide ...

The choice before us is much larger than whether to support Trump or Biden. In light of the Republican platform watering down strong commitments to the pro-life cause, and in light of two Catholic ...

In my weekly column for World Politics Review, I argue it is time to embrace a new approach to world politics that deals with what may be humanity’s gravest existential challenge: preserving the ...

In the ever-evolving arena of international politics, the concept of permanent alliances or perpetual hostilities often proves to be a myth. As Lord Palmerston had put it long ago, "We have no eternal ...

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