Beyond

A new book argues that the conflict was a battle for empire.

The lesson of the first Gulf War and its aftermath for handling Russia.

A new book argues that efforts to humanize war with smarter weaponry have obscured the task of making peace the first goal of foreign policy.

Thomas Jefferson was a proponent of open migration. But who qualified as a refugee?

A new book explains why Americans know so little about other countries.

How a massacre on March 22, 1622 irrevocably shaped relations between Indigenous Americans and English colonists.

Why the American war was destined for catastrophe and tragedy from the start.

"The Origins of Totalitarianism" has much to say about a world of rising authoritarianism.

Fifty years ago, first lady Pat Nixon admired a tin of Chinese cigarettes. Then China sent the U.S. a pair of giant pandas.

To understand the tragedy of this war, it is worth going back beyond the last few weeks and months, and even beyond Vladimir Putin.

Even the most ardent advocates of NATO expansion after the implosion of the USSR realized that it had limits—and one of those limits was Ukraine.

Hal Brands urges the U.S. to make China and Russia “pay exorbitantly” for their policies. History shows that has never worked.

For more than a century, Western oil companies have cycled into and out of Russia.

Studying the aftermath of the evacuation from Tripoli provides perspective on the current fallout from the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

How American racism, capitalism, and imperialism led the U.S. to sabotage African democracies.

The fate of the League of Nations provides a stark warning about using sanctions as a tool of modern warfare.

Congress hasn't declared it often. The U.S. has fought a lot of war anyway. How?

A review of “The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War."

American pundits say Putin is undermining the international order. But the ability of great powers to ignore the rules is a lamentable part of the system.

Driven by fears of the rise of communism, the U.S. intervened in elections across the globe. In Latin America, the consequences are still being felt.

An alliance between Jewish activists and congressional neocons made Soviet Jewry a key issue in superpower relations—and reshaped American Jewish politics.

NATO expansion - the trigger for Russia's attack on Ukraine?

During the American Revolution, the British 29th Regiment had a tradition of including Black drummers into its ranks.

Fights over history like those in the U.S. are happening all over the world.

Giles Tremlett tells the story of the foreigners who joined the first line of defense against fascism in Europe.

For decades, America’s governing elite caricatured sensible restraint in order to pursue geopolitical dominance and endless wars. At last the folly may be over.

Over the past century, the United States came to rely ever more on economic coercion—with questionable results.

Yes, the Russian leader is an authoritarian aggressor. But different decisions at key points by the U.S. might have made him less so.

Bringing to light the kinship among American wars—and, by extension, their true significance—requires situating them in a single historical framework.

A decade or two ago, opposing NATO expansion to Ukraine was a position espoused by pillars of the American establishment. What happened?