Support for rebellious politics in Germany goes way, way back.

When countries refuse to look clearly at the past, they are like neurotics controlled by compulsions they cannot understand.

A response to Ben Judah’s exposé of the Frenchman’s failings.

There are lessons to be learned for the United States in studying democratic decline abroad, but it’s also easy to take the comparisons too far.

The Mar-a-Lago summit exposed the limits of Abe’s personal rapport with Trump, and the costs of Trump’s transactional approach—but if Abe plays his cards right, it could become a positive turning point for the alliance.

Students may favor safe spaces, but profs have their priorities straight: Most agree that free speech is necessary to higher education.

The American Interest speaks with the architect of the Magnitsky Act to learn why the latest sanctions on Russia have hit so much harder than past ones, and what they may presage for the future.

Since the 19^th century, government statistics have been central to our sense of shared social reality. Is that going away?

Splitting the Assad-Iranian-Russian coalition cannot wait much longer.

The utility of the Mueller investigation has not been the uncovering of collusion, or even in the badgering of an Administration perceived as loathsome. Rather, it has allowed American elites to avoid facing uncomfortable questions about the factors that put Trump in the White House.