“Hereby it is manifest,” Thomas Hobbes wrote in 1651’s Leviathan, “that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and suc...
Opening a column with statistics and dates may not be the best way to get your attention, but these three statistics and single date are important, so please take note:
• The median age in the US is 3...
As Russia's war in Ukraine drags into its eighth month, the European Union scrambles for energy to heat its homes and power its industry in the coming winter, the United States and China continue to r...
“The decisions we have taken in Madrid,” North Atlantic Treaty Organisation secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said as a summit of the alliance’s members closed on June 30, “will ensure that our allia...
As I write this, BBC reports that British foreign secretary Liz Truss is “urgently” investigating reports of a chemical weapons attack in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The US Department of Defence f...
