Five discomfiting aspects of the media spectacle that now accompanies every mass shooting.

In Loveless, the latest Oscar-nominated import from Russia’s most famous filmmaker, every unhappy family is alike, while happy families are nowhere to be seen at all.

Vladimir Putin does!

Both the Right and the Left have dropped the pretense of racial liberalism, and the country faces a choice.

Doomsayers are too quick to predict the inevitable decline of democracy. As the example of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty shows, a smart investment in “new power” efforts can lay the foundation for a democratic renewal.

The yawning duplicity of the Syrian regime and its Russian lawyers grows wider, and the irresponsible claims of the Obama Administration become more obvious than ever.

Russia’s drive to compete as a great power is dangerous for the West—and the Kremlin. We must do better at recognizing the strategy behind the trolling. 

President Trump’s boasts about him being tougher on Russia than his predecessor may ring hollow—but they’re true.

The chatter that passes for foreign policy debate these days is not happening at the level of grand strategy, and fails to look broadly at the circumstances the United States finds itself in.

Reality is no longer what you think it is.