Flick Tricks

Houdini lives, on the silver screen.

The Task of the Jews

What to do about the new anti-Semitism.

Peter Rodman (1943-2008)

I have known Peter Rodman for so many years that I cannot remember when I met him. Peter and I were in email contact just last week (I asked him to write something for the next issue of The American Interest.), and he was reluctant to do it because he wanted to first finish the […]

Is America Ready for a Post-American World?

The following is a transcript of a commencement address by Francis Fukuyama, delivered at the Pardee Rand Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA, June 21, 2008. I’m really deeply honored to be asked to be the commencement speaker for Pardee Rand Graduate School this year, and to able to serve on the boards of both the […]

The Re-Segregation of Rock & Roll

The long, strange trip from Little Richard to Dr. Dre.

The Return of Malthus

What if the “limits to growth” are real after all?

Full Court Press

How the Chinese press muzzles itself.

A Tortured Argument

Taxi to the Dark Side loses us en route.

The Troubles We’ve Seen

An insider’s account of the Northern Ireland peace process.

"America Must Correct Course"

The former German Chancellor does his global ciphers.

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