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Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
Europe

Reagan & Gorby: What happened in Reykjavik didn't stay in Reykjavik

Forty years later, their efforts remind us of what is possible if leaders are willing to take chances and buck their foreign policy establishments

Vice President Henry Wallace
Washington Politics

What if Dems didn't scuttle Henry Wallace VP nomination in 1944?

The anti-imperialist who coined "century of the common man" was already vice president when he was prevented by party bosses from running with FDR again.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Europe

Is Europe starting to come to its senses on Ukraine?

Finland and Norway are hinting at the need for a new approach to the continent's relationship with Russia

Palantir Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp gestures next to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick
Washington Politics

The anti-China coalition is breaking apart at the seams

The ad hoc group pushing confrontation with Beijing was never as formidable as it seemed

Joe Biden and Brett McGurk
Washington Politics

Meet the ex-Biden official working hard to rewrite history on Gaza

Brett McGurk's former colleagues challenge his book's central premise that pressuring Israel would have been counterproductive

Marco Rubio speaks at the Pnyx hill, where ancient Athenians held democratic assemblies, with the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis in the background
Washington Politics

What Rubio really means when he talks about 'civilizational' renewal

The Washington establishment is using new words to describe the old forms of interventionism