The New York Times has acquired a leaked draft of John Bolton’s book. If true – and there’s no reason to believe that the story is wrong or that Bolton is lying about key details – it
In case you missed it, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo turned into a raging lunatic when NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly pushed him on his failure to do his basic duty and protect the U.S. ambassad
There’s something really wrong going on here. President Trump’s effort to pressure Ukraine for information he could use against political rivals came as he was being urged to adopt a hostile v
My co-author, Alexander Cooley, has a new post over at the website for our forthcoming book, Exit from Hegemony. The post explores how the key events that have led to the impeachment inquiry into Dona
I still find it hard to believe that a minority of American voters, located in just the right places to activate flaws in our electoral system, gave the awesome power of the U.S. government over to a
Frank Foer’s piece on Paul Manafort just came out in the Atlantic. It’s a long read, but well worth your time. Here’s a sample, from toward the end of the article: But Manafort mus
Josh Keating and Edmund Hugh ask some intriguing questions about national depopulation: But Hugh’s question is an interesting one to consider. I suspect that even in the bleakest, Children of Me
Why actually pay conservative hacks to write propaganda for your anti-democratic government. All you have to do is ask and they are evidently happy to do so for free. As Ben Shapiro and others did in