A good historian is inevitably a revisionist. Why write if you have nothing new to offer? But of course, not all revisionists are good historians. Whole forests have been cut down in the name of ...

During World War II, the butler of the British ambassador to Turkey was spying on the Allies. As a butler, he had access to the ambassador’s files and was able to uncover and copy top-secret ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul may have taken a page from the late statesman Henry Kissinger in her decision to “suspend” congestion pricing. It’s called “realpolitik.” Simply defined, it is the recognition of ...

John Bew, Realpolitik: A History (Oxford University Press, 2015). “It is never a waste of time to study the history of words.” In a strategic community that seems to be dominated by political science, ...

Today—May 27, 2023—marks the 100th birthday of Henry A. Kissinger, one of America’s most influential and famous foreign policy minds (and Honorary Chairman of The National Interest). In commemoration ...

It appears that opposition political parties in Nigeria are fast redefining the concept of ‘realpolitik’. Beyond its text book meaning as ‘practical realism’, or its street-wise interpretation as the ...

If we needed any further confirmation, the crisis in Ukraine and the breakdown of Syria and Iraq have underlined, once again, the limits of Western power. In truth, the notion that there are many ...

A Chinese-language magazine featuring U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is seen at a bookstore in Beijing on Dec. 12, 2016 A Chinese-language magazine featuring U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is ...

During World War II, the butler of the British ambassador to Turkey was spying on the Allies. As a butler, he had access to the ambassador’s files and was able to uncover and copy top-secret ...

This article will be published in the May 9 edition of the Weekly Standard. A good historian is inevitably a revisionist. Why write if you have nothing new to offer? But of course, not all ...