A Hungarian Playbook for Defeating Populists? by Jan-Werner Mueller
Advocates of liberal democracy everywhere are celebrating Péter Magyar’s triumph over Viktor Orbán. But among the lessons to draw from…
How Many Divisions Has Pope Leo? by Harold James
Following the Trump administration’s spat with Pope Leo XIV over its misbegotten war with Iran, one is reminded of previous…
Hormuz Today, Taiwan Tomorrow by Todd G. Buchholz
By closing the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has handed the Trump administration a practice test. To pass—and preserve deterrence against…
Will the IMF Ever Learn? by Timothy Kaldas
From austerity to taxation, the International Monetary Fund has consistently failed to incorporate its own findings into its lending programs.…
A Bad Deal Today Means a Bigger War Tomorrow by Mohammed Al Dhaheri & Rikard Jalkebro
Iran has given the international community little reason to trust it since the 1979 revolution that led to the establishment…
The Long Road to War with Iran by Carla Norrlöf
Domestic political explanations for the Trump administration’s decision to go to war with Iran risk obscuring deeper causes. In fact,…