What is the big idea (or set of ideas) the West is battling about?
David Cameron and Europe: On the Road to Damascus
Cameron’s problem is not about the EU, but about Britain and the future path of his own party.
Tsipras: Pandering to the Radicals?
The more time passes, the deeper Greece is descending into a costly renewed recession.
Western Balkans: Stalled on Europe’s Edge
Poverty is the main security threat in the Western Balkans.
Battling ISIS and the Six Lessons of Vietnam
Eerie similarities between the United States’ defeat in Vietnam and early stages of conflict in Iraq and Syria.
Anti-Militarism: A Source of Modern German Confidence
With nothing left to prove on battlefields, Germany can pursue other tasks and strategies.
United States: The Hypocritical Hegemon
Why the United States has lost the mantle of moral and geopolitical arbiter.
Cameron, the Realist: A Message to America
Why the British Prime Minister’s more modest foreign policy goals for the UK should inspire the U.S.
Merkel’s Decision to Back Cameron is Rooted in History
Germany needs the UK as part of the EU’s dynamic core.
Can Nigeria Finally Turn the Corner?
Africa’s largest economy ranks among the hardest places to do business.
























