The author of “How Should America Deal with Authoritarian States?” responds to his critics. (The final entry in our series.)

If other democracies are any guide, the electoral defeat of a leader like Donald Trump will not mark a return to political normalcy.

The wartime performances of two musical giants—a conductor and composer on opposite sides of a devastating conflict—affirm that great works of art are so profoundly imagined that they can mold to changing human circumstances.

Five experts respond to Svante E. Cornell’s essay, “How Should America Deal with Authoritarian States?” and discuss the legacy of Jeane Kirkpatrick for policymakers today.

It’s a classic, bipartisan, and ongoing dilemma—but revisiting the wisdom of Jeane Kirkpatrick’s “Dictatorships & Double Standards” can help us navigate it.

From Russia and Ukraine to Serbia and Montenegro, national churches are being weaponized.

It’s been five years since Boris Nemtsov was gunned down in front of the Kremlin. His legacy will survive Putin’s attempts to destroy it.

President Trump’s fondness for Sunset Boulevard reveals more than his taste in film—though for reasons that he himself might not consciously realize.

As members of Congress seek to reassert greater sway over military matters, they must also be ready for the heightened obligations that will come with it.

Here’s one take-away: Moderates rarely grasp how dangerous the radicals are.