If you believe that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked, then perhaps you should read no further.  And, if you believe that Vladimir Putin will allow the United States and Europe to bring Ukraine into the Western security orbit, then once again you should read no further.   More

The guitarist stands alone on stage right. He’s wearing a white scarf and black vest without a shirt. There’s a silver armband cuffed around his right bicep. His eyes are concealed behind dark shades. Motorcycle boots extrude from beneath his flowing linen trousers. His hair is still jet-black, chopped in that fraying rooster style. He kicks at a pedal and the white Stratocaster erupts into the shattering opening chords of “Stratus,” an old Billy Cobham headbanger. More

With its own global power fading fast, the United States will undoubtedly become a far more regional power. While some Washington insiders might see this trend as at best a retreat or at worst a defeat, it’s actually an opportunity to fundamentally reconsider relations with our home region, North America. More

When I was growing up everyone was engaged in politics and, generally, people felt that they had some say in what happened to them. That has diminished significantly. And we now find ourselves living in an era in which power has been severed from politics, with disastrous consequences. The vast discrepancies in wealth we now More