Netanyahu’s pledge to press on with annexation in the West Bank is a high-risk, low-reward proposition for Israel.

Whatever the result of the constitutional referendum underway in Russia, Putin is increasingly a leader who has nowhere to lead.

Seventy years ago, leading lights of the free world gathered in Berlin to push back against Soviet efforts to discredit liberal values. What can their efforts teach us today?

Earlier this month, The Washington Post ran a story that ended up destroying the life of a woman guilty of nothing more than poor judgment and bad taste. A biting Cold War-era German novella helps explain our current moment.

Six do’s and six don’ts for a properly calibrated policy response to China.

The author of The End of History reflects on the life and friendship of Owen Harries (1930-2020), a founding editor of The National Interest and a mentor and inspiration to us here at TAI.

The Trump Administration wants to reprocess spent nuclear fuel to extract plutonium. It’s a dream that won’t die—but it’s never made economic, environmental, or strategic sense.

A territorial dispute between Moscow and Tokyo illustrates the challenge mid-sized powers face in an era of great power competition.

A recent TAI essay by an anonymous Japanese official argued that Trump’s China strategy is better for Japan than Obama’s. It caused quite a stir in Tokyo. Here, a Japanese professor offers his response.

Is the Golden State really the gold standard for assimilating immigrants? Four books illustrate the tensions, trade-offs, and ironies of California’s immigration policies.