The Centrality of Social Policy

What is it that leaders like Iran’s Ahmedinejad, Hezbollah’s Nasrullah, and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez have in common that vastly increases their local appeal? Anti-Americanism and an aggressive foreign policy are of course components. But what has really allowed them to win elections and cement their support is their ability to promise, and to a certain […]

Growing Pains

The theory that rapid economic growth is politically stabilizing seems too stupid to kill–but Mancur Olson tried.

God and Country

The Founders were neither orthodox Christians nor secularists. They were, however, wise.

A Conversation with Senator John Danforth

The former Senator, UN Ambassador and Episcopal priest talks with Walter Russell Mead about religion and politics at home and abroad.

The Clash of Cultures and American Hegemony

In a web-only exclusive, the author of The End of History and the Last Man looks at the potential crisis of legitimacy the United States finds itself in today. Originally delivered as a presentation to the American Political Science Association annual meeting on September 1, 2006.

American Strategy in the New East

Peace in the Pacific requires a U.S.-Japan alliance integrated into a new multilateral context that takes Chinese power seriously.

Making Enemies, Part Two

Islamism is about religion after all, and our "freedom agenda" is backfiring.

Between Relativism and Fundamentalism

Neither relativism nor fundamentalism offers a basis for reasoned discourse on moral choices. We need a revitalized “protestant” middle way.

Clueless into Kabul

America’s apparent success in Afghanistan is coming undone, and for good reasons: ignorance and hubris, to name two.

Deep and Wide

American Evangelicals are far more diverse than media caricatures aver.

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