Trump is effectively boycotting the world by withdrawing from international institutions and violating international norms. The world should return the favor. The Trump administration objected so strenuously to a recent speech by South Africa’s ambassador that it expelled him from the United States. What did Ebrahim Rasool say that was so objectionable? …

The world is at a historic crossroads. The unipolar dominance of the United States, built on decades of economic coercion, military interventions, and political subjugation, is crumbling. As the tides of history shift toward multipolarity, with Russia and China leading the way, Washington finds itself at a moment of existential …

A recent report says the US should ditch new development and focus deterrence strategy on sub-based weapons These have been tough years for advocates of arms control and nuclear disarmament. The world’s two leading nuclear powers — the United States and Russia — have only one treaty left that puts limits on …

If Columbia—with its $14 billion endowment—folds, it’s hard to imagine others won’t follow. U.S. President Donald Trump has never been coy about his desire to bend universities to his will. Last week, Columbia University became the testing ground to see how far he can push that agenda. On March 7, the Administration announced it …

There should be little doubt in anyone’s mind that the “wag the dog” relationship between the United States and Israel has done terrible damage to American institutions and constitutional liberties. The US bipartisan unconditional support of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people has not gone unnoticed by the …

While cruelty can be contagious, tyrants fall not just because people oppose them, but because, deep down, most of us long for a world where respect is earned through decency, not domination. When I was 10 or 11, I joined up with a group of girls at summer camp to …

Members of House committees must carefully consider the benefits that these programs deliver to U.S. families before making decisions about where and how to make the spending cuts required by the latest budget. n late February, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax …

Seven times more than China, five times Russia. The United States is the biggest arms dealer on Earth, responsible for 43% of the world’s weapons exports from 2020 to 2024. The United States is by far the biggest arms dealer on Earth, responsible for 43% of all weapons exports from …

DEI’s fundamental contradiction was this: It argued that race is a social invention—a system created to control people by reducing complexity—yet it never suggested replacing it with a more holistic vision of justice. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI, is collapsing—not just as a corporate initiative, but as an ideological …

If Trump moves forward with reducing U.S. involvement in the alliance, European countries may be forced to explore alternative security frameworks. During his first term as president, Donald Trump criticized NATO, demanding that European allies increase their defense spending. This friction created uncertainty about NATO’s reliability, a key aspect of its role …