Norman Stone's new history of the Cold War, The Atlantic and Its Enemies, is a worthy addition to the essential Cold War canon.

Two questions face a Washington focused on cutting budgets and stressed after a decade of combat in the Middle East. First, do we have the will to succeed in the Indo-Pacific? And second, do we have the means to continue to lead?

This is the tipping point in our future, a future in which the Indo-Pacific will emerge as the most important region on earth, and the liberal international order may be irretrievably changed.

Between the Iranian nuclearproblemand European Union threats to lift its arms embargo on China,odds are good that the bonds holding the United States and Europe together will snap.

The revamped SAT's focus on acquired skills gives an advantage to the usually affluent students who already attend the best schools.

Appointing a successor to Michel Camdessus as managing director of the International Monetary Fund promises to be a global opera bouffe.

Review of A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal Of Black Freedom In America, by Shelby Steele.

The West may have been pivotally important, but has it been too much at center stage?