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Here's a riddle: What's the dominant image of the 2018 election campaign? There isn't one. But there are many.
Since the arrival of Barack Obama on the political scene, non-Americans have taken a much greater and more sophisticated interest in US politics.
A simple act of kindness between George Bush and Michelle Obama illuminates our need for friendship and well-being.
After decades of deadly enmity, Libya and the West made a major breakthrough on weapons of mass destruction. How?
The likes of Madeleine Albright, Hillary Clinton and Michael Hayden are correctly issuing dire warnings about fascism under Trump. But what about their own actions?
Here are three lessons that former FBI Director James Comey, took from the 20th-century American Christian philosopher, Reinhold Niebuhr.
Reportedly passed over for secretary of state because of his moustache, John Bolton has made it into Donald Trump's administration at last.
President Trump slapped steep tariffs on steel imports, echoing protectionist measures taken by Bush in 2002.
The idea that the US is historically a free trading country is a myth. Here's why that's a good thing.
SNAP and its precursors have weathered plenty of efforts to shrink the safety net. Its decades of bipartisan support make it likely to survive this one.
On March 1, Donald Trump imposed a series of steel and aluminum tariffs. To understand their potential impact, it's instructive to look at what happened after George W. Bush enacted similar measures in 2002.
The president threatened North Korea and decried the decimation of the American middle class – but didn’t have much praise for the work of the United Nations.
Is the Federal Emergency Management Agency ready for the new era of disasters?
Donald Trump's speech on "principled realism" in Afghanistan contained few surprises. Now, under the aegis of DOD chief Mattis it is the latest stage in America’s "forever war."
The West needs to push for local action against Islamic State's reign of terror in the Middle East. States in the region must find solutions to the conflicts to bring peace and stability.
The first President Bush had some impressive foreign policies wins, but could he be best remembered for getting the US entangled in Iraq?
The 28th president's ideology has never really gone away.
How will Mueller perform as special counsel? A historian compares his actions with another former FBI director to find out.
A scholar who has profiled the likes of Saddam Hussein and Vladimir Putin says there is a method to understanding the madness.
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