Jeffrey Sachs explains why the new world order of the twenty-first century is crisis-prone.
Today, individuals are no longer mere citizens--they are mobile consumers in a competitive governance market. Caveat emptor.
The Abkhaz seem to have built themselves a state. Now all they need is someone to recognize it.
Global elites inveigh against the evils of nationalism. But how will transnationalism save us from bad ideas? It never has before.
History tells us that democracy should not be taken lightly. Without the proper cultural foundations, in can be a messy business indeed.
Washington must realize that unless Arab regimes allow pluralism, power-sharing and judicial independence, liberal autocracy--not democracy--will be the result.
America in the 21st century will be targeting terrorism and fighting small wars in distant places. While we remain ready to win the war, we must be equally ready to win the peace.
If you want to improve America's intelligence, don't read the 9/11 report. Read Buchan's Greenmantle or Kipling's Kim. We need agents of daring and skill, not better bureaucrats.
Mr. Reagan was a simple man with simple straightforward ideas. But he pursued a subtle and complex foreign policy. Maybe we missed something. Where was the rest of him?
Authoritarian states are judged to be the breeding grounds of poverty, resentment and terrorism, but this is not always the case. What kind of despot fosters extremism?