The 21^st won’t be the Next American Century. Will it be anyone’s?

A society that believes in nothing will fight for nothing.

American emotional conventions have changed, not always for the better.

Social science doctorates kill warriors.

Von Donnersmarck’s The Lives of Others finally gets under the skin of Stasiland.

On misreading On War.

Voltaire’s Lettres Philosophiques paved Tocqueville’s way to America.

Why the West’s best armies are struggling against Hizballah, al-Qaeda in Iraq and other jihadists-at-large.

Japanese public sector training grows up.

Does history teach or tease U.S. statesmen looking to create a world order?