As the absurd theater of the Republican primaries continues its itinerary from state to state, it at least serves one useful purpose: It puts to rest the notion that religion no longer matters in American politics. Actually the GOP is now dominated by two varieties of fundamentalism—the religious one, focused single-mindedly on matters south of […]

Francis Fukuyama talks with the renowned entrepreneur.

Europe's crisis was set in motion by five revolutions in human affairs.

Some mythbusting about U.S. policy towards Russia.

The main threats to democracy lie within liberal societies themselves.

Putin's return means more of the dismal same for everyone.

Yesterday we noted demographer Nicholas Eberstadt’s horrifying research into the fate of unborn girls around the world; India was one of the countries where women bearing unborn female children are either persuaded or forced to abort.From the Times of India comes word that the girls who make it out of the womb aren’t out of […]

I’m beginning a new project at Stanford/CDDRL called “The Governance Project.” The intention is to focus on conceptualizing and measuring governance, and applying those measures to two specific countries, China and the United States.The beginning point of the project is definition of governance that excludes the degree to which governments are either democratic or subject […]

President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili is in Washington this week for a meeting with President Obama, a meeting that is all talk and smiles but no substance.Russia, Georgia’s main rival, joined the WTO recently. Georgian opposition was the “last stumbling block” in that process, and the White House likely promised Saakashvili a meeting with Obama […]

Over the past six months, Via Meadia has found itself in the unfortunate position of having to report on bad news from all over the world. So it’s a refreshing change of pace when we come across some news that is unequivocally good, as we have today. An article in the Wall Street Journal reports […]