Essay

The United States has weathered a number of challenges in its progress toward social democracy, and the trials of the present era will likely prove a brief detour...

In theory, carbon pricing makes sense, but in practice, it isn’t doing much about climate change.

Rather than seeking to return to an imagined past in which the United States molded the world in its image, Washington should limit its efforts to ensuring...

The abil­ity of major countries and international organizations to convince separatists that good behavior leads to success may be eroding. And if secessionists...

Although American leaders should always put American interests first, that does not mean that we have to build walls, close off markets, or isolate the United...

In too many places, governments are failing to invest in their populations. This is a problem because neglecting investments in human capital can dramatically...

As long as Putin remains in power, changing Russia will be close to impossible. Washington needs a new grand strategy to deal with the fact that Putin is here to...

Just when NATO is needed as much as ever to meet challenges from without, the foundations of its power are at risk of crumbling because of challenges from within.

An excessive focus on counterterrorism disfigures American politics, distorts U.S. policies, and in the long run will undermine national security.

Recent breakthroughs in gene editing have generated massive excitement, but they have also reenergized fears about weaponized pathogens. One of the most worrisome...

Over the next decade, gene editing could help humanity overcome some of the biggest and most persistent challenges in global health and development. It is vital...

Globalization has not given way to deglobalization; it has simply entered a different phase.

For the first time, China is an illiberal state seeking leadership in a liberal world order.

To have any chance of success, U.S. strategy toward North Korea must be guided by an accurate sense of how Kim’s regime thinks and what it knows about Washington....

The Trump administration must ground its summit diplomacy and overall approach to North Korea in a strategy of...

The path that MBS chooses in the aftermath of the Ritz-Carlton crackdown will determine his country’s future.

Trump is not so much abandoning American exceptionalism as he is tapping into an earlier incarnation of it. As a grand strategy, this effort will not succeed, but...