Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published in The New Yorker two months after 9/11. The tragedy re-engineered the West while imposing a huge cost on the rest of the world. Twenty-five
Stephen Walt needs no introduction as a Foreign Affairs Specialist presently serving on the editorial boards of Foreign Policy, Security Studies, and International Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Additionally, he was elected
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The New York Times, long considered the “newspaper of record” in the United States, has in recent weeks made no secret about its chief concern: President Joe Biden’s ability to defeat Donald
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The article is basically a reproduction of one written by Odd Arne Westadt. In his article he has warned America and China of sleep walking towards a war of annihilation of humanity.
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Devoted readers will recall what I wrote in my most recent book, “The Storm Before the Calm,” that the United States operates on two cycles, one a 50-year socio-economic cycle, the other
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This week’s presidential debate made me both horrified and dismayed. Here was the world’s most powerful nation trying to decide which elderly candidate to select as its presidential candidate. Maybe the best expression
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In a statement delivered at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council, Cuba, representing a coalition of 123 countries, demanded its removal from the U.S. List of States Allegedly Sponsoring Terrorism.
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It was a sunny day, unusual for Boston, where winter is typically cloudy and temperatures dip to minus thirty degrees Celsius. My wife and I took a ‘Lyft’ to Andover from the
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On June 25th Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin telephoned Russian Minister of Defense Andrew Belousov. It was the first contact between the US and Russian defense heads in more than a year
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On June 26, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, in partnership with the Sri Lanka Department of Import and Export Control, launched the first Sri Lanka Strategic Trade Forum. This event brought together
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The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2024 Annual Report recently, marking the 25th anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA). The report, which highlights key developments
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