Ideology

It is too soon to write the obituary of liberalism. Even though the United States’ relative power is waning, the international system that the country has sustained...

Marx’s theory remains one of the most perceptive critiques of capitalism ever offered. Far from being outdated, Marxism is crucial for making sense of the world...

The disruption to the earth’s climate will ultimately command more attention and resources and have a greater influence on the global economy and international...

The world is at the dawn of a second Industrial Revolution, this time, a digital revolution. And its impact will be, if anything, even greater than that of the...

Humans are tribal animals, and a recurring failure to grasp this truth has contributed to some of the worst debacles of U.S. foreign policy in the past 50 years.

Today, as ever, great-power politics will drive world events. That means the course of the coming century will largely be determined by the relationship between...

In nation building as in much else, political substance matters more than symbolic form.

On debates about how to conceive of national identity and alternatives to liberalism, the West finds itself lagging behind the Middle East. 

Orban’s victory is a product of several factors, but three stand out: the systematic weakening of Hungary’s democratic system, the success of Orban’s antimigration...

Europe's radical-right parties have been making their influence felt for decades...

For the first time, China is an illiberal state seeking leadership in a liberal world order.

Why has democracy declared war on liberalism most openly in eastern Europe? The answer lies in the peculiar nature of <...>

Although particularly complex, the Syrian civil war is an example of a general trend: civil wars are lasting longer and are increasingly likely to end with a one...

In country after country, the Trump administration is gutting U.S. support for human rights, the rule of law, and good governance, damaging the overarching...

The FPÖ’s success is a reminder that populism is still a potent force in European politics.

Sebastián Piñera is on track to win Chile's presidency. He will struggle to govern.

Germany’s effort to confront Hitler’s crimes was halting at first, but today the Germans have accomplished a major feat: collective acceptance of moral...

In the years after 2014, ultra-radicals within ISIS began to condemn their leaders and fellow militants—and were hunted down in response.

Decades of appeals to technocratic exceptionalism—the idea that monetary policy should be shielded from democratic oversight—have led to the very politicization of...