George Gerbner studied the cultural impact of television with greater intensity than anyone. A colleague explains what he learned.

USAID is a mess. Can the Administration’s recent reform package fix it up?

Next to war, the greatest threat to American power and prosperity is our acute education deficit.

President Bush has made the spread of democracy the central strategic goal of U.S. foreign policy. Are we organized to do this?

Shlomo Ben-Ami has done something remarkable, says a veteran U.S. Middle East Diplomat: He’s said something new.

What do recent trials of Slobedan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein have to do with venerable postwar legacy of Nuremberg? Not enough.

Anti-Americanism is distinguished by five characteristics common to all “anti-isms.”

Cultural critic Phillip Rieff has been a man of few but powerful words. Now, at age 84, he has published the first volume of a new trilogy.

What are the sources of the American image around the world? How has it changed in recent years? And what, if anything, can the U.S. government do to shape that image? The American Interest posed these questions to a distinguished group of international observers. Their answers reflect diverse histories and circumstances, and offer some useful counsel.

The Ruling Caste is the best book on the British civilians who ruled India in 50 years. Americans might learn something from it.