Without new measures to build democratic institutions, entrenched corruption, migration, and violence will only get worse.  

The unprecedented Iranian attack on Israel raises concerns of a wider Middle East conflict.

Most commencement addresses are forgettable. The speaker gives some advice on how to live a productive life, advice that typically means more to the wistful parents in the audience recalling the mist…

When I taught “American Foreign Policy” (30:061) at the University of Iowa (Go Hawkeyes!) students would occasionally ask me which American policymaker I most admired.  I never knew whether the quest…