Essays
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Pivot to Asia
Obama’s Dictatorship Tour Goes to Hanoi

The President fails to understand that security and values are mutually reinforcing, not an either/or proposition.

The Fruits of Peace
Moderation Postponed in Iran

For reasons practical as well as ideological, hard-liners continue to hold on in Tehran.

Religion & Other Curiosities
Beheadings and Transgender Bathrooms

As in virtually all items that have become issues in the culture war, protagonists on both sides are absolutely convinced of the rightness of their ideology and the wickedness of anyone who doubts this.

The Honorable William F. Winter
Better Angels
A Conversation with William F. Winter

David Blankenhorn talks with with William F. Winter, who has spent a lifetime in Mississippi politics.

The Honorable William F. Winter
State of the Union
In Defense of the Practical Politician

Why government by political outsiders doesn’t necessarily leave us better off.

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Countdown to the NATO Summit
Partial Answers to the Russia Question

In the run-up to July’s NATO summit, the question for the United States remains what kind of commitments will convince Moscow to take NATO’s Article 5 guarantees seriously.

2016
The Meaning of Mr. Trump

What energizes the Trump phenomenon is the power of “NO!”: people who think the train is about to head off a cliff want to pull the emergency cord that stops the train even if they don’t know what happens next.

The Fractured Future
America in a New World

The post-Cold War era is over. The U.S. finds itself in a new phase of security competition—one that will pose a unique challenge when it comes to coalition management.

Corruption & Propaganda
The Snake Eats Itself

Putin’s propaganda machine, pushing on an open door in the West, is weaker than it seems, due to endemic corruption at home. Let’s try to fight him in Russia instead.

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R.I.P.
Fritz Stern, 1926–2016

Honoring one of the leading historians/intellectuals linking the United States and Germany.

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