I have been writing for a while about something I call sacred masculinity, and I have been writing about this concept because I think something is missing from the way we talk about boys and men in society today. As both a professor and a parent, I spend a considerable amount of time working with […]
President Vladimir Putin almost certainly wishes that President Donald Trump had not invited him to attend the Group of 20 summit in December. The Russian leader has good reasons to avoid Miami. That said, if Putin skips the summit at Trump’s Doral hotel, he risks alienating the president. The Kremlin recognizes as much, a reality […]
After Henry Kissinger and Condoleezza Rice, few names in contemporary American diplomacy command as much respect among Iranians as Secretary of State Marco Rubio. From my student years in security studies through my field research on Islamic terrorism in the Middle East, I have followed his words and speeches, and have had the privilege of […]
The frightening events aboard a recent Flydubai flight in the Middle East brought back memories of an experience I had more than half a century ago — one that began as an ordinary airline flight and ended with a hijacker dead on the tarmac in Saigon. On July 2, 1972, I was returning to Vietnam […]
A political statement does not have to be completely false to leave voters with a false impression. Sometimes, every individual word can be technically defensible while the most important part of the story remains conveniently outside the frame. That distinction matters because political fact-checking too often becomes a simple contest between “true” and “false.” But […]
There was a time when parents could reasonably know where their children were, who they were speaking with, and what they were watching. The boundaries of childhood were imperfect, but they were visible: the school, the neighborhood, the television in the family room, the telephone attached to the wall. Today, a child can cross the […]
Proponents of a federal “strategic Bitcoin reserve” wrap their arguments in futuristic tech jargon. They claim a digital ledger will lead global finance into the next century. Strip away the slick buzzwords, and this model isn’t futuristic at all. It is ancient. Trying to back the credit of the world’s top superpower with volatile digital […]