Like all great modern revolutions, Russia's anti-Communist upheaval was precipitated by merciless moral self-scrutiny and a search for a more dignified, more honorable, and more moral life. There followed a wholesale rejection of the key norms and values of the ancien régime. The emerging new ideals became increasingly incompatible with...

The identification of a liberal political method allows us to separate the positives aspects of liberalism from its historical manifestations, in order to direct them in different political cultures, which can become a strong common denominator to be spent in the concrete political activity.

While the 1960s differentiated staffing movement fueled a new era of teacher quality consciousness, it failed to ignite the transformative reforms its leaders hoped for. If this innovative design is to take hold in 21st century schools, as we propose, then we should take a good long look in the rearview mirror before setting a new course.

If, as expected, the pro-Western Ukrainian presidenital candidate ultimately wins the election, he will need to pay careful attention to the Russian-leaning millions.

Anatol Lieven has a problem. He detests the Bush administration's foreign policy, and he believes that no sensible person could support the president's approach. Thus, in "America Right or Wrong," Mr. Lieven proposes three explanations for the misguided foreign policy thinking of many Americans.

Every revolution is a surprise. Still, the latest Russian Revolution must be counted among the greatest of surprises. The failure of Western experts to anticipate the Soviet Union's collapse may in part be attributed to a sort of historical revisionism -- call it anti-anti-communism -- that tended to exaggerate the Soviet regime's stability and legitimacy.

It's big news thatPresident George W. Bush has named Karen Hughes as his new Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy. But is it good news?

Scratch European anxiety about the coming invasion of Iraq and you usually discover a foreboding about repercussions among Europe's large and expanding Muslim population.