Where I come from,” Paul Ryan told a New Hampshire town-hall meeting audience the week before the Republican National Convention, “overseas … means Lake Superior.” It was a joke, and a ...

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After America emerged as a major international power in the early 1900s, its foreign policy was guided by two contending views of U.S. national interests: idealism, which emphasized American values; ...

Peter Scoblic is the executive editor of The New Republic and the author of U.S. vs. Them, which is now out in paperback. Like my colleagues, I am rapt by the sight of the Iranian protests. In fact, ...

What works better in U.S. foreign policy: realism or idealism? Should the U.S. look to its own narrow national interest or should it take a broader view, seeking to uphold international principles of ...

The new Trump administration is delivering huge changes in the way the federal government operates. One expected result is for the conduct of science programs to reflect realism rather than idealism ...

She knew Iowa would be a dogfight. Knew she might lose again. Knew she had to win, because she was going to lose New Hampshire, which could lead to a loss in Nevada, and nobody won the nomination by ...

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Washington more often suffocates than satisfies our dreams, and this may prove to be the twenty-third season’s unwavering dramatic thread. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 ...

There is a secret to being a supporter of Bernie Sanders. It is something that totally escapes the thinking of most Democrats and Republicans. It is the mental understanding that Sanders is fighting a ...