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Instead of a new era of democracy, disarmament and interdependence, we have had unchecked militarism and economic crisis.

Unwrapping the enigma of the career diplomat who wrote the Long Telegram.

Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, Göran Hugo Olsson’s Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975, Tate Taylor’s The Help

Isaac Casaubon was a model citizen of the republic of letters—a community more durable than any church and broader than academia.

In terms of what used to be called “foreign policy,” and more recently “national security,” the United States is now a post-legal society.

For bringing to light critical but long-suppressed information, Pfc. Manning has been treated not as a whistleblower, but as a criminal and a spy.

A year after joining the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Obama administration is making an impact. But if Democrats lose control of Congress in November, a new round of isolationism could soon threaten.

Has any book had a greater influence on the English language than the Bible?

Paul Kagame has been praised for leading Rwanda’s recovery after the 1994 genocide. But his image has become increasingly tarnished, with reports of political repression now joined by a UN human rights report accusing his own government of carrying out mass slaughter in neighboring Congo.

An essay for "America: Now and Here."