Thinking about Brexit as a competition between cosmopolitanism and nationalism within Britain misses a much more important dimension: It’s the European Union that’s in crisis.

It’s not race or gender or even free speech. The real debate is about human nature.

After defecting from Poland, the Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz found himself at Berkeley—an opponent of communism, but distrusting both conservatism and the counterculture. A newly discovered letter from the period, written to James Burnham, resonates today for its wise skepticism of ideological certainties.

After this Chinese New Year, the largest human migration on earth will never be the same again—and it’s not because of coronavirus.

With the impeachment trauma behind us, we republish Suzanne Garment’s essay on how to heal America.

Successfully fighting disinformation and influence operations of authoritarian adversaries requires understanding how these efforts have been developed by—and are run out of—the intelligence services.

In the face of relentless pressure from China, Taiwan may have figured out how to combat disinformation without undermining free speech.

The best ideas in Trump’s peace plan will be delegitimized by its overall failure—because on each count, the Administration has stretched a laudable principle beyond recognition.

The Trump impeachment has uncovered a host of issues that are not sufficiently clarified in the U.S. Constitution.

As Freedom House unveils its annual report on global freedom, democracy scholar Arch Puddington discusses growing threats to minority rights, the disappointment of India, and his own career advancing democracy and human rights.