Declarations of conservatism's demise after the 2008 election were greatly exaggerated. As the opposition, American conservatives are in their element—can they draw upon their intellectual tradition to solve what ails America?
Obama is planning to give illegal immigrants a fairer shake. But our flood of illegals, mostly from Mexico, is one of our own making. A more laissez-faire attitude is key.
The United States is in unprecedented decline. Future generations will look back at the past decade as the beginning of the end of American hegemony.
Jeffrey Sachs explains why the new world order of the twenty-first century is crisis-prone.
Responding to Dimitri K. Simes’s assertion that we aren’t having a real debate over foreign policy, Derek Chollet argues the Democrats are providing genuine alternatives; Grover G. Norquist looks at the structural reasons inhibiting both parties f
George W. Bush believes that democracy in the Arab world is the key to security. All in due time, says Ariel Sharon.
Charles Krauthammer's "democratic globalism" fails as a guiding principle of foreign policy and creates more questions than answers.
The "near miss" at Taba is being widely promoted as the natural starting point for future Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy. The only problem, is there was no "near miss."
Owen Harries announces his retirement as The National Interest's editor.
Taking seriously the admonition that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat its mistakes.