Just as the drone is an appropriate metaphor for the current age of globalization, the thistle captures the essence of tribal societies.
Europe’s Greece, America’s Afghanistan
Why are the investments Europe and the United States made in Greece and Afghanistan, respectively, failing to bear fruit?
A Call for the United States to Rediscover Its Ideals
What can George Washington and Elvis Presley teach U.S. policymakers about the value of modesty as a tool of powerful multilateralism?
America’s Turning Point: Was It 2001 or 2008?
What can Americans learn about the future by identifying a fundamental turning point in their recent past?
Globalization and the Pending Collapse of the Islamic World
With which tools can Islam, in the eyes of the Islamists, actually conquer the world of today? Or can it?
Dateline New York: A Lesson from 9/11
What is the only sure way to defeat terrorism in the United States and abroad?
The Price of Security
Are border regulations deterring people from visiting the United States?
The Closing of the American Border
How is the United States treating its foreign visitors?
A World of Twenty-Year Cycles?
Could it be that, every 20 years, a new generation sets out to shape the world?