4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (308+ words) Excerpt: Jared Kushner Is the Face of American Oligarchy On Nov. 16, 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky listened on speakerphone to an unfamiliar voice. This new interlocutor, speaking with a reedy U.S. accent, had a plan for Zelensky: a series of bullet points,…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (638+ words) Argument: Top Signs You’re Heading for a Quagmire Both Washington and Moscow had reasons for acting as they did, but it is hard to argue that these various adventures left either country in a stronger global position. So why do…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (515+ words) Argument: How Could Iran Happen? An Autopsy. The U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran is now in its seventh month, with costs during periods of heavy fighting estimated at roughly $1 billion per day. Despite having the world’s most powerful military, the United…...

5+ day, 53+ min ago   (416+ words) Editor's Note: Introducing the Fall 2026 Print Issue The liberal international order, flawed and unequal as it was, is gone. Personally, I’ve grown tired of wringing my hands at what is no more. I’m focused on what might come next—and…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (709+ words) Argument: Iran’s Proxy Strategy Is Never Coming Back Three years ago, on a clear day, you could stand at the Lebanese border with Israel in the village of Marwahin and see the Baha’i Gardens on Mount Carmel, looking down over…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (256+ words) Analysis: 25 Years After 9/11, What Are We Failing to Imagine Now? In the aftermath of the al Qaeda terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 on Sept. 11, 2001, the 9/11 Commission Report lamented a “failure of imagination” on the part of the U.S. government…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (303+ words) Books: The Novel Imagining Life After a Second Civil War Domed cities—those classic symbols of science (and climate) fiction—make an appearance in both of the novels we’re reading this month, which transport readers to the United States after…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (642+ words) Analysis: How U.S. Allies Can Resist Washington’s Bullying U.S. President Donald Trump has made coercion a central element of American statecraft—and not just against Washington’s adversaries. In his second term, Trump has liberally wielded sanctions, tariffs, trade policies, and other…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (475+ words) Analysis: Jordan Sees Bigger Threat From Israel Than Iran Yet my recent conversations with Jordanian officials, journalists, and commentators reveal a strikingly different concern. Their frustration about the Iran war is real, but it pales in comparison to their sense…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (458+ words) Going into the fall midterm season, political scandals are in the air in U.S. politics. Over the past few months, the public has been confronted with a series of high-profile scandals that have become challenges for both parties. The midterms are…...