If you feel like Congress has become less productive, less functional, and more partisan — you’re right. I have been thinking a lot lately about

The toughest issue in foreign policy is when, where and how to intervene in the affairs of other countries — and when to walk away.

One of the intriguing features of the coronavirus pandemic is how sharply it has illuminated the importance of effective political leadership. Wherever we stand on

The U.S. has been the world’s leader for decades in promoting democracy, political liberalization, free trade, and collective security. For the most part, Americans support

It’s frequently observed that Americans don’t closely follow international affairs. That may be true, but my experience, over a period of decades, suggests most Americans

If one of the U.S. Capitol hallways that house members pass through regularly to get to the chambers, there’s an inscription of a comment by

Sometimes, you just need to step back. The political conversations I hear these days are strikingly negative, dominated by what’s amiss in Washington, by the

When he was just a young teenage schoolboy, George Washington sat down and copied out 110 “Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior.” Many of these

At the time of the American Revolution, the future United States was a small, colonial backwater on the world stage. There were an estimated 2

You know these words, but how often do you stop to think about them? “We the People of the United States, in Order to form