American History

The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change

Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions

The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character

There were no good options for the U.S. in August 1945

Reflections on the 250th anniversary of the first shots of the American War of Independence

He combines the good, bad and ugly qualities of previous presidents

Geopolitical maneuverings between the East and the West

How the US government and the FBI dealt with Sadeq Qotbzadeh and other opponents of Tehran in the time of the Shah

And its short but bitter history

Statesmen confronted a stupefying cacophony of crises in the 1980s