Increasing numbers of ordinary Americans believe the U.S. political system is “fixed” against them. They’re not wrong.

Arizona’s controversial immigration law is only the latest symptom of a failure to achieve comprehensive reform. So what would reform look like?

Relations with Ukraine need not involve a zero-sum game between the United States and Russia.

The International Committee of the Red Cross and its American counterpart face a changing international landscape.

Paul A. Rahe brings Montesquieu back to life.

Kenneth Minogue shows how democracy can undermine liberty.

For all the grand speeches, President Obama has little of substance to show on the foreign policy front.

When the Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. FEC last fall, holding that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend money in candidate elections, analysts were divided over how much the case was going to affect U.S. elections. Writing in the July/August issue of The American Interest (as part of its extensive coverage of […]

The government formation stalemate in Iraq—well into its seventh month and counting—may at last be nearing an end. The next few weeks could seal a deal between rival electoral blocs that will produce the next national government. Two scenarios with very different outcomes appear to be jockeying for rail position in the race to produce […]

In today’s New York Times, former President Jimmy Carter tells us that the North Korean regime is ready for a deal. Should we believe him? We don’t have to answer on the basis of mere supposition. There is some history here.On June 22, 1994, after Carter’s return from Pyongyang carrying what became known as the […]