Give America’s Cities the Power They Deserve
To avoid deepening the rural-urban split, devolve more power to city governments.
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America’s Supreme Court Has Become Too Powerful
Legislators aren’t doing their jobs, which has made the court more important than it should be.
Fetishizing Victimhood: From Poland to America
Wallowing in self-pity doesn’t buy nations respect.
Don’t Call Them Illiberal Democrats
The enemies of liberal democracy are not just illiberal but anti-democratic.
With the Castros Gone, Is Change Afoot in Cuba?
The new president’s biggest challenge will be the economy, where reforms have underwhelmed.
Debunking Trump in the Russia Scandal
If there was no collusion, it wasn’t for lack of trying.
This New Cold War Is Ideological Too
Russia is borrowing Western beliefs. That only makes the ideological challenge it poses more insidious.
Trump Accelerates Demise of American World Order
Donald Trump hasn’t ushered in a post-American world yet. Not for lack of trying.
An Old Conflict in New Form
Today’s political crises may simply be the latest battles in the war between the Enlightenment and Romanticism.
It’s Not the Economy, Stupid!
Fear of losing power and status created the alliances that voted for Brexit, European populism and Donald Trump.
Poland Makes Mistake Engaging with France But Not Germany
The Polish government’s World War II obsession is blinding it to the need for an alliance with Berlin.
Lessons for Democrats from Europe
Europe’s social democrats tried to win back working-class voters.
Merkel’s Answer to Populist Challenge: Shift to the Left
Germany’s conservative party leader calls for a focus on pay, pensions and housing.
A Failure of Leadership in Spain
Mariano Rajoy should never have let the Catalan independence crisis come this far.
Iraq’s Kurds Deserve the West’s Support for Their Own State
How much longer do they need to wait?