Research
Research
societal values
economic prosperity
american individualism
rivalries
evolving democratic capitalism

Diminishing Collectivism and Evolving Democratic Capitalism

October 25, 2011

Going Red on Property Rights

Abuse of eminent domain makes the United States look like statist China.
October 21, 2011

The End of the Euro?

an image
Image credit: Images_of_Money (via flickr)
Good riddance to a bad idea.
October 12, 2011

Eyes on Spies

Wanted posters
Image credit: U.S.A.F./Staff Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo

The 9/11 attacks were the clearest possible call for effective national intelligence. Why are we still waiting? By Amy B. Zegart.

October 12, 2011

Between the Gates of Tears

USS San Jacinto
Image credit: U.S. Navy/Mass Comm. Spec. 2nd Class Ja’lon A. Rhinehart

Jihadist violence troubles the lands around the Arabian Sea, where sailing of any sort has rarely been smooth. By Camille Pecastaing.

October 12, 2011

Vote of Confidence

Another presidential season, another attempted end run around the Electoral College. Let’s be careful. Even now, it has its uses. By David Davenport.

October 12, 2011

Reading Machiavelli in Tehran

kissing hand
Image credit: Taylor Jones

Iran’s two top leaders scheme. By Abbas Milani.

October 12, 2011

To the Shores of Tripolitania

man with grenade
Image credit: Hoover Archives

Libya has known autocrats and invaders before. A century ago, Italians came, saw, conquered . . . and were defeated. By Charles Lindsey.

October 12, 2011

In Reagan's Footsteps

Reagan statue
Image credit: © Agence France-Presse/Attila Kisbenedek

As the Reagan centennial year draws to an end, Europeans honor the man who, as Margaret Thatcher put it, “won the Cold War without firing a shot.” By Edwin Meese III.

October 12, 2011

An Inconvenient Woman

woman holding frame
Image credit: Taylor Jones

Homage to a dissident who insisted on telling the truth. By Yuri Yarim-Agaev.

October 12, 2011

Turbulence in the Fourth Wave

Dominos falling
Image credit: Taylor Jones

Even if the Arab spring does create a surge of regional democracy, expect the tide to ebb and flow. By Larry Diamond.