As our country convulses, a message from TAI’s leadership.

Azerbaijan—the oil-rich dynasty that borders Iran and Russia, abuses human rights, and peddles influence throughout the West—has shifted from being an essential U.S. energy partner to a competitor. The former U.S. ambassador speaks out on the energy diplomacy he witnessed—and why we need a new approach to Baku today.

A former Fidesz activist recalls marching for democracy alongside Viktor Orbán—and then breaking ranks as he steered Hungary down a different path.

Yes, Putin still sits in the Kremlin—but after 20 years in power and a long summer of protests, there are signs that it’s the siloviki who are now calling the shots.

America is large, and it contains multitudes—but in our age of stark polarization, there’s a basic American Deal that desperately needs representation.

Walt Whitman was pen pals with Emerson, idolized Lincoln, and sought to “sing America” by finding grandeur in the everyday. Two hundred years later, he’s still an American original.

Melville’s classic story is a blast of truth from 1853 on behalf of coddled lives in 2019.

Historian Andrew Roberts speaks with TAI about leadership—and the case for a no-deal Brexit.

More by accident than design, the U.S.-UK partnership is at a potentially ruinous inflection point.

Trump is holding support for Ukraine hostage to his own political interests. Zelensky should resist the pressure—and Congress should step up.