How a crowded, female-heavy 2020 field could restart a vital national debate.

Can you have merit-based admissions without a culture of meritocracy? It depends how, exactly, that culture came about.

The criminal justice system imprisons far too many people for petty misdemeanors. A points-based system, not unlike the one built into our traffic code, could change that.

The persistence of Sudan’s protesters has already toppled its dictator. But will they succeed where the Egyptians and Libyans failed?

China’s “responsive authoritarianism” model is less responsive—and resilient—than its proponents argue.

In 1961, a young LBJ aide wrote the greatest political novel you’ve never heard of—and then vanished into drug-fueled obscurity. A new biography tells his story.

The Intellectual Dark Web wants to defeat identity politics. But that won’t happen unless it develops a positive concept of identity.

The Kurds’ rapid rise in Syria has been remarkable by any standard. With the U.S. military now pulling back, can their experiment in autonomy last?

Bouteflika’s resignation in Algeria is more the result of internal factional strife than people power. To understand why—and to see what may come next—it helps to look at some history.

Bibi is set for another term as Israel’s Prime Minister—and indictments are unlikely to cut it short.