Christopher Caldwell considers European identity and how much of it can reasonably be preserved.

There are two basic questions that people who write about Europe get asked more than any others:Is Europe still Europe?Is Europe still on our side?

The construction of the European Union is an attempt to protect a "European identity." Aging and mass immigration are bringing big changes to Europe. There is no prospect of constraining that change unless the continent’s social contract (starting with its welfare states) is reformed. But Europeans fear that such reforms...

Aron reviews Robert Conquest'sReflections on a Ravaged Century.

The Bush administration shouldn't flinch from increasing its covert "propaganda" efforts in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. The history in the last great war of ideas is firmly on its side.

The Russian Communist Party's rejection of compromise with the acting prime minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin,set thestage for an escalation of the Russian political and economic crisis.

Wars have repeatedly had a decisive influence on Russia's political development, and the present global conflict against fundamentalist Islam is no exception.

Vladimir Putin's re-centralization raised the center of political gravity to the very top at precisely the time when the Russian state will need every available ounce of stability and maneuverability.