Wasted Effort
China Squanders Wind Energy

China lost 20 percent of its wind power potential last year thanks to poor siting and a lack of grid infrastructure.

Brazil's Depression
Endgame in Brazil?

Is President Rousseff hitting rock bottom?

Blue Governance
No Light at End of Tunnel for Public Pensions

The numbers just don’t add up, and the day of reckoning draws ever nearer.

The Prudes Win Again
Air Force Cashiers Top General for Suggestive Emails

If the British had been as cretinous and moralistic as the DC sex police these days, Napoleon would have conquered Europe.

Back in the Middle (East)?
Putin: We Can Redeploy to Syria Any Time We Want

Surely you didn’t think he would wash his hands of Assad that easily?

Defeating ISIS
ISIS Lost 22% of Territory Since Start of 2015

U.S. taking out more leaders, but bombings are down.

American Values
Equality: A Hope Without a Party

Americans believe that equality is the salve for all the nation’s wounds. The problem is that neither party has a complete picture of what equality means.

2016
AIPAC Is Right to Invite Trump

Disrupting the speech would be a mistake.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The Obama Doctrine: Responses

The American Interest asked regular contributors and members of the editorial board to offer their reactions to President Obama’s unusually candid remarks on foreign policy in Jeffrey Goldberg’s “The Obama Doctrine” (The Atlantic).

The Obama Doctrine: Responses
Dilemmas of Power

A great power cannot retain credibility if it first speaks like Churchill then acts like Chamberlain.

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
© The American Interest LLC 2005-2026
About Us Privacy
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.