The Rise of Qatar in Conflict Mediation, Sansom Milton and Ghassan Elkahlout argue that recent endeavors in peacemaking in Venezuela and Ukraine are of a piece with Qatar’s higher-profile conflict ...

How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It marshals staggering evidence of the extent to which the United States has become an “oldigarchy” and offers solutions.

The advent of a new technology invariably comes with strategic implications, raising the question of who will benefit and whether risks can be managed. In 1957, following the Soviet Sputnik launch, U.

Yana Skorobogatov examines the death penalty in the Soviet Union during the post-Stalin era, from the mid-1950s to 1991, in Fate in My Hands: The Death Penalty in the Soviet Union.

An Insider’s Playbook for Winning in the New Era, Joe Ngai and Nick Leung insist that China is open for business even when many multinationals are trying to pull out.

Cognitive, Interpretive, and Explanatory Challenges, Georgiy Kasianov, a prominent historian, traces how the Holodomor has been remembered: from its return to open discussion in the late 1980s, ...

Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s intimate chronicle, delivers fresh insight into the level of chaos in Trump’s Oval Office and its stunning impact on ...

America in the Age of Violent Populism, Robert A. Pape, an expert on political violence around the world whose research mines large data sets, argues that a new age is dawning in the United States: an ...

The Power of Uncertainty, Peter J. Katzenstein argues that modern Western society has built its institutions and worldviews on assumptions of rationality and predictability, failing to confront a ...

China’s “Rejuvenation” of Its Memory, Volker Stanzel argues that the Chinese Communist Party’s power stems not only from coercion and economic performance but also from its ability to set language ...

The United States, China, and the Remaking of the World Economic Order, Branko Milanovic traces how neoliberal economic ideology and breakneck globalization have shaped three of the most consequential ...

Indeed, the United States still needs to respond to peer nuclear threats from China and Russia. Because both have missile systems that can carry nuclear and conventional payloads, the United States ...