In 1989, Francis Fukuyama, a little-known Sovietologist and deputy director of the State Department’s Office of Policy Planning, published an article in a Washington journal, The National Interest, ...

Father of slain captive Itay Chen accuses PM of failure to probe Oct. 7: 'What is Bibi afraid of?'; police detain 6 ...

Many philanthropists, be they foundation-based or individual grantmakers, are committed to defending democracy in America amid its present peril. Over the past decade, these donors have spent billions ...

For decades, liberal Zionism served the American Jewish majority as the ideological bridge between democratic and Jewish ...

In the end, the argument garnered zero votes at the Supreme Court. Even Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson didn't debase themselves by going along with such a half-baked, ...

In his comments, Rieff discussed the erosion of democracy across the globe and whether a democratic resurgence is viable today. Despite Russia’s war in Ukraine, he sees China as a far larger threat to ...

America is a liberal democracy. Its greatest blessing is freedom, the right to live and act in accordance with one’s conscience. This freedom unleashes boundless energy and creativity, and, along with ...

A Polish historian and journalist says she believes it is time for liberal politicians to lean harder on emotion the way populists have for years. By Farah Nayeri This article is from a special report ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. This past week, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo brought together some ...

When warring cultures and distant poles are the recurring metaphors for our politics, genteel calls for moderation may seem quaint. When authoritarian impulses are ascendant, wishing for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about higher ed issues, leadership, finance, and innovation. Colleges and universities, like so many institutions in our ...

I remember learning about democracy back in grammar school. We learned about it in the context of the American Revolution: Britain's King George III may have ruled as a capricious monarch, but the ...