During a speech given while celebrating Israel’s 60th anniversary, President Bush stated, “Some seem to believe we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along…. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American […]

As the Number One power in the world today, the United States faces pressing global issues, including the insurgency of radical Islam, the future of nuclear weapons, and the need for closer global co-operation. It should look to the history of predecessor Number Ones to find insights and clues which could help it […]

With the demise of the USSR, the U.S. became the world’s sole super-power—at once the de facto global leader and a hegemon. Both roles often induce hubris, the excessive pride and ambition that usually lead to the downfall of a hero in a classical tragedy.