William Barr’s own conspiracy-fueled “investigation of the investigators” is alienating allies, enabling the Russians, and spreading fear and loathing through the intelligence community. What more could Trump ask for?

Trump’s still-likely acquittal will lower the bar for presidential behavior—just as Bill Clinton’s did in 1999.

The deck may be stacked against the Ukrainian President’s peace-through-negotiation approach, but it is not so thoroughly stacked that failure is a foregone conclusion.

A cultural historian and music critic reflects on the campus unrest he chronicled as an undergraduate—and why, so many years later, Allan Bloom’s prophecies about higher education have come to fulfillment.

In the midst of World War II, the U.S. government commissioned a psychological profile of Adolf Hitler. The results may have something to teach us about destructive charismatic personalities today.

What does Russia want in Australia—and why are there so many fellow travelers supporting its interests there?

The wartime scholar and diarist lived an extraordinary life—and bore witness to the degradation of political rhetoric in ways that still resonate today.

In his new career-spanning collection, the esteemed book critic James Wood affirms his credo: “Literature teaches us to notice.”

As thousands marched against anti-Semitism in New York, the American Historical Association voted to defeat—for the third time—resolutions denouncing Israel.

How to temper idealism with the demands of responsible statecraft—without abandoning our commitment to democracy and human rights? This is the question facing America’s foreign policy hands as they look beyond the Trump presidency.