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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Explaining 1968
Was it a revolution? No. More like a baby-boomer coming-out party— with a rough morning after. By Niall Ferguson.
May the Best Ideas Win
Eisenhower took office at a time of wars both cold and hot. One of his first actions was a complete rethinking of foreign policy. Our next president could learn from Ike’s example. By J. William DeMarco.
Where Do We Go From Here?
What the Clinton administration’s foreign policy got wrong—and what the next president can get right. By Hoover fellow John Lewis Gaddis.
Of Allies And Adversaries: Donald Trump’s Principled Realism
Foreign policy doctrines are as American as apple pie, and as old as the Republic. Start with George Washington’s Farewell Address: The “great rule” in dealing with other nations was to extend “our commercial relations” and “to have with them as little political connection as possible.” So stay out of Europe, and keep Europe away from us.
Yes, Be Very Worried Over Growing Polarization
Beware a fetish for 'data' and faux statistical exactitude.
America and China Are Entering the Dark Forest
“We are in the foothills of a Cold War.” Those were the words of Henry Kissinger when I interviewed him at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Beijing last November.
The Biden Administration Can And Should Rectify America’s Failures In Syria
It has been almost a decade since the Syrian people rose up against the Assad regime, demanding their freedom. While the world was hesitant to support the protestors, malign powers gladly stepped in to help Assad, creating an unmitigated disaster that has devastated Syria and sent shockwaves around the world.
COVID V. Capitalism
With all the mistakes by government, one thing that’s working really well is the free market.
The Anti-Stimulus Bill
The CARES Act cannot properly be called a "stimulus" bill.
The US Debt—Causes and Consequences
The federal government is borrowing at unprecedented rates. Spending regularly exceeds revenue, and this shortfall is predicted to grow dramatically in the near future. The result is a large and growing federal debt that threatens future Americans’ prosperity and security. What are the consequences of this higher federal debt and what can we do about it?
I Hear America Singing
The arts will flower without the NEA
The Imperial Judiciary—And What Congress Can Do About It
Unelected federal judges are using their awesome power to usurp democracy from the American people.
Preserve, Protect, and Defend
Constitutional principles I promise to uphold
The Road to (and from) the 2010 Elections
LAND OF LINCOLN: Abraham Lincoln and American History
Henry Ford once said that "history is more or less bunk. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today." Do Americans care about history or not? Journalist Andrew Ferguson discusses America's relationship with its own history using the continuing fascination with Abraham Lincoln as a case study.
War-Torn Democrats
Peter Berkowitz on With All Our Might: A Progessive Strategy for Defeating Jihadism and Defending Liberty edited by Will Marshall and The Good Fight: Why Liberals — and Only Liberals — Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again by Peter Beinart
Health Care Policy Reform: Economic Policy Challenges Facing California’s Next Governor
America’s health care is at or near the top of the list of issues that voters prioritize in most surveys. California voters are no exception, and with good reason. Following the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) and its new regulations and taxes, Americans saw massive increases in insurance premiums and a disappearance of insurance options across the country. In its first four years, ACA insurance premiums for individuals doubled and for families increased by 140 percent. This occurred even though insurance deductibles increased by over 30 percent for individuals and by over 97 percent for families, according to eHealth.
Maxilateral Man
With his Syria policy careening from inaction to the threat of force to a request for congressional approval to a diplomatic bailout from Russia, the long-vexing puzzle of what makes Barack Obama tick has again come to the fore.
Purple Voters in the Golden State
California’s Republican Party has drifted off the centrist track. But its voters haven’t. By Morris P. Fiorina and Samuel J. Abrams.
Liberalism’s Mean Streets
How conservatives can reverse urban decline