The limits of history
Politics, to tinker with an old saying, does anything but end at the water’s edge. Washington is busy arguing over [...]
Toward a new vision of Europe
For a brief moment in American history, Europe seemed like a backwater. In 2003, after traditional allies Germany and France [...]
Turning back the clock
Political leaders in both the United States and Europe have been making explicit what their actions had long been signaling: [...]
Games nations play
The North Korea negotiation show is back on the road, with the latest developments in the Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un saga [...]
The Russiagate challenge
The investigation into President Donald Trump's ties to Russia is perhaps inevitably bringing illicit financial practices and money laundering to [...]
Genoa, tolling
John Donne can grab summer calamities by the scruff of their necks and shake to account. "Send not to know [...]
Unintended consequences
The Trump administration's stumbling policy rollouts are showing the public just how complicated governing is and how many moving parts [...]
Paese dei miracoli, redux
Flip the roles of Mike Pence and Donald Trump and — with a bit of poetic license — you get [...]
Bringing back politics
Policymakers often try to hide their work. Perhaps still under the spell of Ronald Reagan's dictum that "the most terrifying [...]
Lock, load, duck
Among the earliest clichés pinned on "ugly American" tourism in postwar Europe was a tendency to shout. If locals didn't [...]