History

The Shadow of the Iron Lady

Why Margaret Thatcher still makes life difficult for Britain's Conservatives.

BY ALEX MASSIE | APRIL 8, 2013

Change We Can’t Believe In

For those still confused: No, Kim Jong Un is probably not a reformist after all.

BY STEPHAN HAGGARD | APRIL 8, 2013

Head of the Class

Don't look now, declinists, but the U.S. economy is strong and poised to beat its rivals. Yes, even China.

BY RUCHIR SHARMA | APRIL 8, 2013

How to Stop a Nuclear War

What the Cuban missile crisis teaches us about facing down North Korea.

BY MICHAEL DOBBS | APRIL 5, 2013

David Stockman’s Dystopia

Why Reagan’s former budget chief is like a crazy person howling in the wind. Let’s ignore him.

BY JARED BERNSTEIN | APRIL 5, 2013

The Jew in a Box

What does it say about Germany today that in order to see some Jews you’ve got to go to a museum?

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | APRIL 4, 2013

Why Sticks and Stones Will Beat Our Drones

The persistent dangers of low-tech warfare.

BY ROSA BROOKS | APRIL 4, 2013

The Ayatollah in His Labyrinth

The competing forces in Iran's political system are poised to collide in this summer's presidential election.

BY ABBAS MILANI | APRIL 4, 2013

Living Up to the Statue

After two decades of advocacy, we finally have a U.N. Arms Trade Treaty.

BY HEATHER HURLBURT | APRIL 3, 2013

The North Korea Deal That Wasn't

I heard Pyongyang make a real offer -- but the Obama White House didn't even listen.

BY JOEL WIT | APRIL 2, 2013

Detroit’s Quixotic Bid to Host the United Nations

What if the U.N.'s headquarters had been on Lake St. Clair instead of the East River?

BY CHARLENE MIRES | APRIL 2, 2013

Would Captain Kirk Intervene in Syria?

What 'Star Trek' teaches us about international relations.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | APRIL 1, 2013

'Face' and Something 'Delicious'

What Mao and Stalin’s first awkward meeting tells us about Xi Jinping’s confident trip to see Vladimir Putin.

BY SERGEY RADCHENKO | MARCH 27, 2013

Gay in the USSR

The forgotten history of gay cruising in Moscow.  

BY NORA FITZGERALD | MARCH 26, 2013

China’s Michelle Obama

Peng Liyuan is the first prominent Chinese first lady in decades. But does she matter?

BY PAUL FRENCH | MARCH 26, 2013

Think Again: North Korea

North Korea is a lot more dangerous than you think, but that doesn't mean that Kim Jong Un is insane.

BY DAVID KANG, VICTOR CHA | MARCH 25, 2013

The Wheeler-Dealer

Boris Berezovsky and Russia’s roaring 1990s.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | MARCH 25, 2013

Cowboys vs. Kippot

The awesome sci-fi novel about U.S. relations with Israel -- in an alternate acid-trip universe.

BY MICHAEL PECK | MARCH 22, 2013

Lies, Damned Lies, and Chinese Statistics

Who’s cooking Beijing’s books?

BY TOM ORLIK | MARCH 20, 2013

The Kenyatta Affair

What Kenya and its allies can learn from Austria’s Nazi legacy.

BY JAMES VERINI | MARCH 20, 2013

The Iraq Syndrome

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 19, 2013

The First Step

Why America needs to beat itself up a little more over the Iraq War.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MARCH 19, 2013

So You Want to Be a Peacemaker?

Here are 11 lessons to keep in mind if you want to have any hope of solving the Middle East's most intractable conflict.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 19, 2013

Once Upon a Time in Baghdad

71 years before the war that nearly destroyed it.

BY MARYA HANNUN | MARCH 18, 2013

The Illogic of Iraq

Explaining one of history's most egregious strategic non sequiturs.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MARCH 18, 2013

To COIN or Not?

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 18, 2013

Ends and Means

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 15, 2013

A Personal History, An American History

How one Marine's diary helps us understand the Iraq war.

BY PETER MAASS | MARCH 14, 2013

Learning Curve

'Never Again' is the wrong lesson to draw from the Iraq war.

BY JAMES DOBBINS | MARCH 13, 2013