The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats are poised to strike a body blow to the country’s image as a progressive model.

How the zero risk mentality breeds a culture of anxiety and a hunger for authority.

Blaming doctors or pharmaceutical companies or capitalism for the opioid crisis is futile. Bad diagnoses will always generate bad solutions.

Today what passes for governance in Europe is crisis management, with an admixture of wishful thinking.

Notwithstanding some positive moves, the Trump Administration is letting Putin write the script on Ukraine. It needs to seize the initiative against Putin and reassure Ukraine.

Buying in to the myth of Russia’s humiliation at the hands of the West does nothing to improve relations in the long term. It could do a great deal of harm to Russia as well.

A reply to David Blankenhorn’s “Service, Please!”

The Helsinki summit may represent a triumph of sorts for Putin and his worldview, but it’s not likely to be a long-lasting one.

The stakes of Monday’s discussion in Helsinki are high—especially for U.S. policy in Syria.

No matter how fulsome the spirit of bonhomie in Helsinki might be, fundamental differences in U.S. and Russian interests and perspectives sharply limit the possibilities of finding common ground. Nevertheless, an emerging disconnect in Russian and Iranian interests in Syria might conceivably create an opening for a limited Russian-American understanding there.