A deep history of America’s tariff wars
The challenge to Trump’s tariff strategy is part of a much longer story. Controversy over trade policy has shaped American politics since the US Constitution was ratified in 1788.
Long-form writing from leading scholars and commentators on history, statecraft, warfare, philosophy and culture.
The challenge to Trump’s tariff strategy is part of a much longer story. Controversy over trade policy has shaped American politics since the US Constitution was ratified in 1788.
Recovering the lost meaning of sloth challenges modern assumptions about the good life.
On the battlefields of Ukraine, technological change has transformed modern warfare beyond recognition. European NATO powers remain woefully unprepared for this existential challen..
The journey of Franz Kafka’s works from Europe to Mao-era China shaped generations of writers.
Donald Trump's aggressive bid for Greenland has amplified the island's long drive for self-rule, while illuminating the complex ties that bind Copenhagen, Washington and Nuuk.
President Putin sees Greenland as a testing ground for his vision of a world divided into spheres of influence, in which the United States and Russia set the rules of the game and ..
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With the expiration of the arms agreement between Washington and Moscow, the world faces a new era of nuclear competition.
Lord Lothian, followed by Lord Halifax, led the British Embassy in Washington during the early years of the Second World War. Securing US support for Britain, they set the standard..