American History
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
Truman’s choice
There were no good options for the U.S. in August 1945
America’s great foundation myths
Reflections on the 250th anniversary of the first shots of the American War of Independence
Donald Trump is nothing new
He combines the good, bad and ugly qualities of previous presidents
Before the wall’s fall
Geopolitical maneuverings between the East and the West
Inside the Iranian diaspora
How the US government and the FBI dealt with Sadeq Qotbzadeh and other opponents of Tehran in the time of the Shah
American politics at the crossroads
And its short but bitter history
The man who tamed the Russian bear
Statesmen confronted a stupefying cacophony of crises in the 1980s
