Dominic Tierney is an expert on losers—in the best possible way. The professor's studies of war and its political price are must-read volumes for those looking to understand how force and governance ...

President Donald Trump during a news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Jan. 3, 2026, the day U.S. forced captured Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Credit - Nicole ...

President Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela would begin handing over oil worth up to $3 billion that Trump would dole out “to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.” On what legal ...

Most magnet fishing trips end with scrap metal and junk. This one didn’t. The moment the magnet caught, we knew this was something different. What came out of the water is something we’ll likely never ...

It’s the end of the year, so it’s time to reflect and also to look forward, carrying what we’ve learned in the past into an uncertain future. Let me share one thing I’ve learned: We have to get ...

Frank Chouraqui is a non-active member of the Dutch political party Groenlinks-PvdA (center left) We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge ...

We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, universities and experts) is at an all-time low, and blatant liars are drawing ...

The news of a spirited primary race between Democratic challengers State Rep. James Talarico and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett for United States Senate should not be a cause for worry, but a reason to ...

Martin Gottlieb is a retired editorial writer and columnist for the Dayton Daily News. The U.S. Supreme Court has newly ruled that no degree of partisan gerrymandering is excessive. This is an ...

KYRGYZSTAN USED to be an exception in Central Asia: the sole democracy in a region run by strongmen, albeit a flawed one. That is rapidly ceasing to be the case. It regressed a bit closer to the mean ...

In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel sits down with Eliot Higgins, founder of the open-source investigative collective Bellingcat, to examine how our public sphere slid from healthy debate ...

Support and expertise for nascent and recovering democracies abroad can complement military and economic aid. The Trump administration has had a busy first nine months in office on the world stage.