The optimistic view may be that the Middle East is six years into an era of political, economic and social change. Optimists see hopeful signs that the Middle East may be exiting from a dark tunnel of violence, civil war, sectarian strife and...
Spain’s Catalonia region votes for independence this fall. For some, it’s a referendum on austerity policies that have crippled economies all over Europe. When voters in Spain’s Catalan region go to the polls on October 1, much more than...
While the nation is reeling under natural disasters and self-inflicted presidential wounds, Hillary Clinton wants us to understand what happened to her in 2016. Much of America is wondering what is happening to the country with a despot for its...
Donald Trump’s deal with the congressional Democratic leadership addressed his short-term challenges but set him up for some longer-term problems. President Donald Trump, the self-styled master of the “art of the deal,” turned a whopper...
At home and abroad, Donald Trump’s wealthy backers understand that his populist rhetoric is a masquerade. In 1993, I arrived one fall evening in the Romanian city of Cluj. The railway station was mysteriously full of people, and the city...
