America’s 40th president is still remembered for what’s known as the Reagan Doctrine: "peace through strength." He popularized a piece of ancient wisdom, the idea that, as George Washington said, "If ...

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On this eve of election eve, the air feels thick with anticipation, as well as with fear and uncertainty. I know many of you feel deeply anxious about the outcome of Tuesday’s elections. Some worry ...

For some, a “Nobel” kind of peace meant, and still means, a paper or superficial peace, not a real one. As he commenced his diplomacy in the Arab–Israeli conflict, Tony Blair said to George W. Bush, ...

Our final hike in Senegal takes us up into remote hills near the border with Guinea. We pass banana trees and towering corn stalks, scrub brush and waterfalls. Everywhere we go, people call out ...

“I did feel that the day was going to come eventually, but it’s not a song I ever wanted to sing,” Julian Lennon told me in 2022, when asked about the experience of covering his father’s 1971 modern ...