Western inattention has created opportunities for China and Russia to make mischief in the Western Balkans. It’s time we put an end to it.

The endless loop of lockdown highlights something we had lost long before coronavirus: our sense of past, present, and future.

In 1947, we could afford to give containment a try. Today, a defensive stance will not cut it.

The author of China’s Crony Capitalism discusses the Chinese response to COVID-19, why the Communist Party reads Alexis de Tocqueville, and why the Chinese regime is both brittle and aggressive at the same time.

Coronavirus has exposed the inadequacies of Russia’s top-down system. Here are a couple of scenarios for how it will fare in the months ahead.

By offering aid to hard-hit countries, Moscow hopes it can restore its reputation as a responsible global actor.

It’s not about small versus big government, it’s about competent government. The United States needs a top-shelf world-class bureaucracy. Now.

The coronavirus is unlikely to clear the decks for long-term policy reforms. If anything, it may put them further out of reach.

On May 4, 2020 Jonathan Rauch joined The American Interest for a virtual discussion on U.S. politics & institutions.

A new memoir by George Scialabba, an unsung giant of criticism, is a gripping portrait of life under the spell of depression—and also a model of true intellectual inquiry.