Not all aspects of democracy are created equal, especially the effects of resource wealth on economic growth.

Amy Tan and Dana Gioia plumb the power of storytelling within the American immigrant experience.

America’s “sugar daddies” may soon meet their match.

Unprecedented intellectual ferment in the Muslim world is likely to have a happier ending than many Westerners suppose.

Critics of recent Administration tactics on Korea and Iran protest too much—sometimes way too much.

The State Department needs to do “information” better, but we should privatize the “engage and persuade” business.

Bolling Air Force Base can be a spooky place.

Bigger is not necessarily better. Here are four principles for enlarging the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.

Despite reforms, the U.S. foreign aid regime is still flawed.

Notes on the pratfalls of democracy promotion.