“In an exclusive interview, the former president” Barack Obama “identifies the greatest threats to the American experiment, explains why he’s still hopeful, and opens up about his new book” (Jeffrey…
“Mr. Trump has wantonly rejected the outcome of the recent vote. Invoking allegations of fraud, he has made it clear that for him, conceding defeat is a non-starter...his decision to ignore the will…
“Building resilient societies that can fight back against disinformation comes from the hard work of increasing the public’s media literacy and creating and sustaining relationships among people over…
“People who do not share truths can’t defeat a pandemic, can’t defend the Constitution and can’t turn the page after a bad leader. The war for truth is now the war to preserve our democracy” (Thomas…
“With less preponderance and facing a more complex world, the United States must exercise power with as well as over others, and use its soft power to attract their cooperation. To do that, the US…
“In the pandemic, the invisible hand of the market is giving way to the visible hand of state. The big question is not whether the state will be back, but what form its presence will take” (Beata…
“President-elect Joe Biden intuited that legions of Americans wanted a return to normal — a restoration, a reversion. The earnest hope in his promise “to restore the soul of America” was that the…
“The contrast with Trumpism will quickly become apparent in Mr Biden’s approach to leadership, allies and engagement with international institutions. Writing in Foreign Affairs earlier this year, Mr…
The author explores after the election of Joseph Biden to the U.S. Presidency how “Serious questions about America’s role in the world will not go away just because Donald Trump was defeated” (Tom…
“Twenty-first century capitalism features financialization and monopoly power. A structural perspective of contemporary political economy illuminates how these aspects shape the COVID-19…