A Peek Inside the ‘Puzzle Palace’
Created by a secret directive of President Harry Truman in 1952, the National Security Agency (NSA) is America’s largest,...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
A Peek Inside the ‘Puzzle Palace’
A nation must think before it acts.
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American Slavery in Historical Perspective
All countries tend to consider their history in isolation, assuming a form of national exceptionalism. That approach indeed captures...
Huntington’s “Errors of Endism” at Thirty
People seem attracted to anniversaries, including literary ones. That’s because they’re “shiny”: artificial but sometimes usefully attention grabbing. ...
An Underdog’s Plaint and the Limits of Romantic Geopolitics in the Middle East
Khalid Elgindy served for several years as a European-funded technical adviser to the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah. He observed...
Original Sins and Special Relationships: Amy Kaplan’s American Israel
Amy Kaplan, an English professor at Penn, decided to write a book about the joint cultural history of Israel...
The “Blue Chip” and the Little Blue Bird: Change and Continuity in NATO Policy from Nixon to Trump
The 25th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was not a cheery one. It was held in Brussels,...
A Canticle for Today: Contemporary Lessons from a Sci-Fi Classic
This year will mark the 60th anniversary of a much-beloved novel that falls somewhere between science fiction, philosophy, and...
James H. Billington: An Appreciation
James H. Billington may not be well-known to the average American, but to many in Washington, D.C., he was...
President Macron’s “Minor Mishaps”: Towards a Downfall or a Rebound?
After a virtually faultless first year in office, French President Emmanuel Macron has faced more difficult times in recent...
Brexit and the Irish Problem
Growing up in Northern Ireland in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I was always acutely aware of the...