Not so long ago, some friends and I were debating when exactly whatever political era we are currently living through began. The end of the Cold War is a tempting answer, especially for those who, sincerely or not, celebrated the fall of the Soviet Union and trumpeted the end of history. But any honest reckoning […]
American Nations: A History of Eleven Rival Regional Cultures
by Colin Woodard
There’s no denying a deep social divide exists in the United States. Most anyone...
Waiting for Eden
By Elliot Ackerman
War stories are often gruesome, heart-wrenching and generally hard to read. What tends to go overlooked, though, is that the...
Angrynomics
By Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth
One of today’s great questions is how to explain what’s happened to Western democratic politics in recent years...
The Honourable Schoolboy
By John le Carre
Like all John le Carre spy novels, “The Honourable Schoolboy” is thick with mystery and mayhem. The book is...
Under the Shadow
Written and directed by Babak Anvari
Shideh, an aspiring doctor living in Tehran at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, grabs her daughter,...
The Spy
Created by Gideon Raff
“The Spy,” a six-episode series airing on Netflix, tells the true story of Eli Cohen, an Egyptian-born Israeli spy who...
Theodore Roosevelt’s Naval Diplomacy: The U.S. Navy and the Birth of the American Century
By Henry J. Hendrix
A helpful reader suggested "Theodore Roosevelt's Naval Diplomacy”...
The Geopolitics of the American President