The unpredictability of the current global system goes all the way up, and all the way down.

Russia should be counted among the European colonial empires—and as the only one left standing. That’s the key to comprehending its future.

A U.S. recommitment to Africa would profit all involved, so long as policymakers settle in for the long haul and take their cues from Alexander Hamilton.

Today’s authoritarians are just as threatened by pluralism and dissenting ideas as the single-party states that preceded them.

Luck has more to do with economic success than Americans like to believe. Robert Frank’s new book challenges us to reckon honestly with fortune, and what it means for social policy.

American security depends on development as well as diplomacy and defense.

Ukraine’s Finance Minister speaks with TAI about his ambitious reform project and hopes for a self-sustaining economy. Below is an edited transcript.

A worthy appeal for that old-time (civil) religion, but one that is likely to be disappointed.

Reining in Title IX won’t even begin to solve colleges’ sex-related problems.

A shift in Netanyahu’s official statements suggests he’s laying the groundwork for relinquishing some of Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods.