Both Trump and Obama have earned lasting scorn for their willingness to facilitate the wrecking and starvation of Yemen.

Daniel Mendelsohn journeys with his elderly father through Homer’s Odyssey

But understanding the 2016 election requires a cold, hard look at the winner, too.

“The No Spin Zone” host wants war-zone glory without the sacrifices made by real battlefield correspondents.

Why Britain is going to the polls for the third time in as many years.

The administration’s position is not a policy so much as it is just a fantasy of total capitulation by the other side.

Her ideal France wants simply to be able to be itself.

On substance the administration is misguided, and in both the messaging and execution of its policy towards North Korea they have proven to be inept

Subsidies aren’t the only way to fund care for those who can’t afford it.

A crazy idea that just might work.

If there’s one thing May ought to have learned from her predecessor, it is that voters have an odd habit of not cooperating with a politician’s plans

Tough talk is cheap, but at the end of the day, you have to deliver the goods.

Many people who say no simply have not read the book

It accustoms our leaders to treat the use of force often as a first option rather than as a last resort.

He is an appealing candidate in many ways and would be more so under different circumstances.

Why South Korea may come to regret its dependence on the U.S.

Helping the coalition launch an attack on a major port would represent a cruel escalation of U.S. backing for an indefensible war.

The Supreme Court may soon take up the issue.

Join us for a discussion on energy and climate policy.

These imperfect suburban places provided a place for casual interaction.

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Will more wars make America great again?

When he sides with authoritarian leaders against their domestic opposition, Trump is unfortunately not so different from his predecessors.

Lessons from America’s lost wars

Homo Deus is a book by an evangelist for the Grand Inquisitor of Silicon Valley

We are slowing down, resisting change, and losing our restlessness.

Populism stretches through the American experience.

Her position was one long maintained by both de Gaulle and Mitterrand.

The U.S. should be willing to help its neighbors in our hemisphere when we can be reasonably sure that our help is wanted and constructive, but most of the time it is neither of those things.

The country is not on the verge of lurching toward a neo-fascist alternative to its current PC regime.

A cheerleader for the U.S. as global policeman severely overestimates how much anyone—Americans or otherwise—agrees with his idea.