But Mamdani’s candidacy also has a quality of magic realism, a campaign exuberantly disconnected ... and governing by those principles could prove trickier still. This article previously misstated the ...

In the ever-evolving arena of international politics, the concept of permanent alliances or perpetual hostilities often proves to be a myth. As Lord Palmerston had put it long ago, "We have no ...

Trump’s “America first” agenda does not proceed from these bedrock realist assumptions or principles. That is why his likely approaches to the most important issues facing Washington—competition with ...

Nye’s signature ideas — soft power, the liberal order, ethical realism — are artifacts of an age that is over.

Public trust in government edicts that are ostensibly science-based has sunk to new lows, and the regulated have become leery of the regulators for good reason.

Mr. Koch was at one time among the most powerful forces in Republican politics. In the 2016 election cycle alone, he and his allies spent $750 million to promote the party’s candidates and causes.

The brand of climate cynicism being voiced by the Council on Foreign Relations is more novel. In an essay outlining the founding principles of the Climate Realism Initiative, Varun Sivarum—the ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said President Donald Trump is committed to ensuring peace and security through “realism and pragmatism,” in remarks ...

Updated at 7 a.m. ET on June 20, 2025. Zohran Mamdani is a left-wing daydream of a New York City mayoral candidate. He’s young—33—and proudly socialist. His campaign ads call to mind a ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said President Donald Trump is committed to ensuring peace and security through “realism and pragmatism,” in remarks ...