Politics

As a young man, I was primed, by both instinct and education, to become a conservative. My late father was chairman of the local Republican Party. I was raised on an intellectual diet of the Bible and the...

Summary: With New Federalism and the neoliberal ethos of reduced government, states will become increasingly distinct and autonomous. Donald Trump may have promised to “make America great again,” however,...

Super Bowl LII will soon be upon us, along with its super-sized spread of snacks, an American meal as iconic as Thanksgiving. Matching debates over what to serve on the fourth Thursday in November, food rules...

Russia has done certain things right in the fight against ISIS. Maybe it's time America learned from their tactics.

Yet again, dystopian film is all the rage. This is certainly not the only time in which dystopias have held sway. But never before has the genre been so lucrative. The Maze Runner, The Divergent Series, and...

It seems like almost every day there is an outbreak of violence somewhere in the world—whether it’s a mass shooting in the U.S., a simmering intifada boiling into war between Israelis and Palestinians,...

This list provides some suggestions for readers interested in getting into the field of International Relations (IR). Our list was drawn up with three criteria in mind: readability, non-paradigmatic texts, and...