The first of a four-part series on “The Nadir of Modernity and the Disorientation of U.S. Foreign Policy.”

The Bahraini monarchy has reverted to repression. That may keep a lid on sectarian unrest for now, but it’s no long-term solution.

You can only contain charisma for so long, but it’s very quickly routinized.

The commentariat spends a lot of time talking about Donald Trump—time that might be better spent listening to the people who are voting for him.

Will voter discontent shatter the partisan deadlock in U.S. politics this November?

Who needs expertise, when you have the “art of the deal”?

She was from Mars. He was from Venus.

Eastern Christian Orthodoxy deserves better than to be used a prop by Putin’s regime.

Meet Arron Banks, the previously little-known insurance entrepreneur who bankrolled Leave.EU and might be set to take over UKIP.

Brexit is less a cause of future problems for Europe than it is a consequence of the dramatic re-ordering of the world that took place after 1990.