For nearly eight decades, humanity has benefited from an international order built and maintained by American power. This “Pax Americana” — characterized by relatively stable international relations, ...

In the ancient world, the Pax Romana was a legendary historical period during which the western world, under the influence of the Roman Empire, enjoyed 200 years of relative peace, stability and ...

Back in the 1990s, it was fashionable to complain about what Hubert Vedrine, then the French foreign minister, called American hyperpuissance, or “hyperpower.” The left-leaning diplomat believed the ...

The Pax Americana that has prevailed over world affairs since the end of World War II is dead, if not actually buried. It must now be replaced. The two remaining questions are: with what and how? The ...

There is a new sense of tranquility this Advent that may resemble that of the very first one two millennia ago. Shortly before the birth of Our Lord, the Roman republic was rocked by civil wars, ...

Dust-jacket blurbs on books are usually ignored by reviewers. But when a new book on international relations carries fulsome endorsements by Gareth Evans (a preachy former Australian foreign minister, ...

For nearly eight decades, humanity has benefited from an international order built and maintained by American power. This “Pax Americana” — characterized by relatively stable international relations, ...

For nearly eight decades, humanity has benefited from an international order built and maintained by American power. This ...