The global tax race to the bottom is about to begin.

Odd Arne Westad’s near-definitive account of the Cold War gets the big things right.

Iran is using its proven strategy of co-opting local militias to encroach on Iraq’s Christian heartland. The good news: the incursion is still reversible.

The tax bill shows that donor influence on Congress remains a problem, but reform efforts to reduce this corruption are further polarizing the country.

The Western elite’s populism-as-fascism meme is neither accurate nor helpful.

Five reasons the Palestinian public has been relatively quiet so far in reaction to Trump’s Jerusalem announcement.

The dubious conviction of a federal minister paints a dire picture of things to come in Putin’s next term as President.

Universal Basic Income can incentivize risk taking and help combat regulatory capture.

As authoritarian states like China double down on strategic investments and project their “sharp power” abroad, the United States may finally be reaching a new Sputnik moment.

Franklin Foer’s new book warns that the tech titans now rule us all. Are they as threatening as all that?