The Globalist

Why the U.S. strategy to remake Afghanistan after 9/11 was bound to fail.

People in Eastern Ukraine have figured out how to use their heritage for advantage against Putin and Russia.

How a legendary politician needlessly took Britain into a continental war in 1914.

How one general accidentally plunged Germany into a ruinous war in 1914.

Reflections on the art of global power management.

Is the end of empire such a bad thing? Perhaps for the elites, but not for the population at large.

How are U.S. “gun rights” today an extension of a right created to preserve slavery?

What tied Germany and the United States together for over two centuries?

After 66 years of independence from colonial rule, what does India have to show for it?

Can the trend toward more factionalism, tribalism and fragmentation in American political life be reversed?