Dan asks a question that everyone who has ever signed up for military service has likely asked: was it worth it? His answer is worth reading. 

TWE’s annual essay about the United States’ commanders-in-chief.

AI will bring major breakthroughs in areas like education and medicine. However, lack of internet access could prevent many people from benefitting from these innovations.

Despite repeated failure, faith in closely controlled economies among Africa’s political elites remains strong.

Hou Yu-ih has vowed to invest in Taiwan’s defenses while pursing dialogue with China. It is unclear whether Beijing would condition the latter on Hou not pursuing the former.

Today is Presidents’ Day. It is a TWE tradition to recognize the forty-five men—and they have all been men—who have been president on Presidents’ Day with the following essay, which has been revised …

The explicit incorporation of the African diaspora into U.S.-Africa policy risks segmenting the community into old and new, with important domestic and international consequences.