As the virus disrupts comfortable illusions and accelerates historical trends, the United States must lead the free world in shaping a more democratic global order.

After 50 years, the Social Democrats want to sabotage Berlin’s role in NATO’s nuclear deterrent force by invoking wild-eyed Donald Trump. But who wants to part with America’s strategic umbrella?

On May 11, 2020 Hal Brands joined The American Interest for a discussion moderated by executive editor Damir Marusic.

In 1940, the future President tried to understand how England had appeased Hitler and sleepwalked into war. Might his analysis teach us something today?

From Moscow and Budapest to Brasília and Washington, a network of far-right cranks is attempting to remake the global order. They haven’t gotten very far.

The coronavirus crisis has revealed just how economically unsustainable Bosnia’s bloated government actually is. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Accords, it’s time to get ambitious about constitutional reforms.

Western inattention has created opportunities for China and Russia to make mischief in the Western Balkans. It’s time we put an end to it.

The endless loop of lockdown highlights something we had lost long before coronavirus: our sense of past, present, and future.

In 1947, we could afford to give containment a try. Today, a defensive stance will not cut it.

The author of China’s Crony Capitalism discusses the Chinese response to COVID-19, why the Communist Party reads Alexis de Tocqueville, and why the Chinese regime is both brittle and aggressive at the same time.