Iraq

Shield of Falsehoods
“There is no military solution . . . we haven’t tried diplomacy. . . .” Strategies rise and fall, but untruths about the Iraq war refuse to die. By Victor Davis Hanson.

Iran

Don’t Let Up
Whether or not Iran has really suspended its military nuclear program, pressure on Tehran must continue. By Michael McFaul and Abbas Milani.

Pakistan

The Problem of Pakistan
Decades of stop-and-start attention from the United States may have done more harm than good. By Cecile Shea.

Developing a Taste for Stability
Prosperous people tend to lose their enthusiasm for terrorism. As economic development takes place in Pakistan, let’s hope this happens there, too. By Gary S. Becker.

Terrorism

Guantanamo Showdown
Now that September 11 charges have finally been filed, it’s make-or-break time for the military tribunals. By Benjamin Wittes.

Foreign Policy

Not Appeasement
As the world sees it, America tends to dash off to war without moral authority. How we could change that view. By Shelby Steele.

Economy

How Not to Fix the Economy
Bailouts, protectionism, higher tax rates, new spending—these are supposed to help? By Michael J. Boskin.

Why We Trade
Imports bad, exports good—how long must we endure this skewed logic? By Russell Roberts.

The Younger Old
Graying populations aren’t the economic time bomb we fear. Instead, think of better health and longer productive years. By John B. Shoven.

A Stimulus That Won’t
Everyone loves a stimulus, but don’t expect it to foster real economic change. By Russell Roberts.

Economies Evolve, Too
The subprime mortgage crisis may wipe out a certain species of financial institution altogether. Shed no tears. By Niall Ferguson.

Taxes

The Taxman Cometh
Why do so many people so obediently pay what they owe? By Gary S. Becker.

Education

A Flip-Flop Worth Having
Let the states improve the performance of our students—and let Washington measure it. By Diane Ravitch.

Medicine and Health

Bio-Nuts
Antibiotech extremists refuse to let science change their minds, and won’t let consumers make up their own. By Henry I. Miller.

Take Two Sugar Pills and Call Me in the Morning
Placebos work, but are they ethical? By Philip R. Alper.

Law and Justice

Maverick in the Courtroom

Stand up for limited government and property rights, and you’ll usually stand alone. By Richard A. Epstein.

Crime and Non-Punishment*

A crook’s best friend? The usual platitudes about the “root causes” of crime. By Thomas Sowell.

International Relations

Defusing the Bomb Culture

The growing effort to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. By George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger, and Sam Nunn.

Latin America

The Autumn of the Patriarch

When will an American president finally scrap our embargo on Cuba? By Oscar Espinosa Chepe and William Ratliff.

Britain

Smiley’s People

How the British became the most spied-upon people in Western Europe. By Timothy Garton Ash.

France

The Sarkozy Revolution?

He may be the most pro-American French leader since the Marquis de Lafayette, but the new president is still . . . French. By Deborah Hanagan.

Russia

Putin’s Flawed Model

The assertion that Russia has discovered a new kind of capitalism— “market authoritarianism”—is a myth. Putin and company have no idea how to sustain real growth. By Michael McFaul and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss.

China

Don’t Worry about the Yuan

A crude attempt to “realign” China’s currency would do more harm than good. By Charles Wolf Jr.

Korea

Teaching The Federalist

What happens when South Korean students take a close look at American democracy. By Peter Berkowitz.

History and Culture

The Great Terror at 40

As his classic work is republished, Robert Conquest reflects on how it threw open the doors of the Gulag’s secrets.

A Classicist’s Harvest

Victor Davis Hanson, scholar and farmer, is awarded the National Humanities Medal.

Hoover Archives

Monstrous Folly

Paul R. Gregory’s new book, Lenin’s Brain, peers into the nightmare workings of the Soviet state. By Andrew Nagorski.

Starting Anew on Taiwan

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek faced both utter defeat and a second chance. What he did next. By Ramon H. Myers and Hsiao-ting Lin.

Weak Hand, Skillful Player

Chiang Kai-shek’s diaries shed light on his intricate moves in the game of international diplomacy. By Paul H. Tai.