A new book by Michael Gordin shows how 16 months in Prague formed a young Albert Einstein—and the shape of science, politics, and intellectual history to come.

The conservative case against public sector unions is well-established. So why have conservative lawmakers consistently provided cover for police unions?

As COVID-19 squeezes our defense budget, limited conscription would be a good way to keep pace with China.

Trump’s (unannounced) plan to withdraw 9,500 American troops from Germany may be inevitable. But it’s still an awful idea.

With the world distracted by pandemic, Putin is seeking to circumvent U.S. sanctions and give Nord Stream 2 a new lease on life. We should sanction those enabling him—starting with Gerhard Schröder.

If we are to understand where Russia is heading, we need to ask ourselves why our past predictions about it have been proven wrong time and time again.

Secretary Mattis and other retired officers have every reason to speak out against the President. Their decision to do so, however, will reverberate well past Trump’s time.

President Erdoğan is taking a wrecking ball to Turkey’s legal and political institutions in an effort to shut down his political opponents.

Deep-pocketed actors have been leveraging the American legal system to stymie investigative journalists from looking into their affairs. Fixes are necessary—and within reach.

Scrappy, resourceful civil society activists in Europe are becoming a powerful tool for fighting disinformation online.