Hard-nosed realism that trades away our commitment to democracy in favor of cutting deals with dictators is not strength; it is strategic blindness that will cost America both credibility and security ...

There are two conflicting clichés beloved by policy analysts: 1. That realism and idealism are the competing strands of American foreign policy. 2. That realism and idealism are indistinguishable ...

These days, the idea of democratic government is immensely popular among people all over the world. Substantial majorities of people in virtually every country believe that democracies make it ...

The destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Threats to make Canada the 51st state. The humiliation of Ukraine. What is going on with U.S. foreign policy? Some see it as driven by ...

Unquestionably, what makes realism seem so plausible today is skepticism about the war in Iraq and the belief that it was part of a crusade to "impose" democracy by force. I believe, to the contrary, ...

Across 11 different democracies, politicians share a shockingly pessimistic view: They believe that their voters are uninformed, unreasonable, and short-sighted. In a paper recently published by the ...

Ethnicities, Vol. 20, No. 2, Special Issue: Diversity in an Anti-immigration Era (April 2020), pp. 265-292 (28 pages) In this piece, I offer an original and fundamental critique of a range of ...