Behind Putin’s war—and any discussions about peace—is a two-century-old fiction about the two countries’ unity.

A peace settlement to end a major war can be an opportunity to reorder the world. After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

A measured, relentless advance applies political pressure. The more destruction looms, the more intense the pressure.

Famous foreigners have often attracted large American crowds, but neither the Beetles nor the Rolling Stones nor Winston ...

In this worldview, Trump is not only above the law; he makes laws by acting to save “his Country.” It serves as a directive to his officers and followers that he is remaking the law by operating ...

Every child should sit down and be told about not just Rome, but more importantly, Athens, and how these societies died by ...

In the war, he was wounded twice and almost blinded ... i.e., the committees on censorship, press, propaganda, and the graphic arts, in addition to folk-art organizers, opera-house functionaries ...