Dan Perry

The idee fixe can infect policymakers as well—and in the case of Vietnam, it was the "Domino Theory."

The malaise in the UK is severe enough to have created a sort-of political Halley's Comet: near-universal acceptance that the opposition will win the election that must be held by the end of the year.

In the wake of Iran's brazen and unprecedented drone and missile attacks, Israel finds itself at a critical juncture where its response could shape Middle East dynamics and complicate world affairs for years to come.

Considering that the world went mad about halfway through the run—snowflakes to the left of me, MAGA to the right—it is a wonder Larry David managed to survive.

We have failed to tell the story of a jihadi outfit considered a terrorist group by the United States with excellent reason.

This inability to trust the results of AI queries has been at the center of several panel discussions I've been on about AI and journalism.

It is disgraceful that so many people around the world—from U.S. academics to useless leaders in some Arab countries, all the way to sanctimonious Western journalists – continue to abet the fiction that Hamas fights for the Palestinians.

All over Russia this past weekend, subjects of Forever-President Vladimir Putin travelled to places called polling stations where they went through motions that looked a lot like voting.

The assumption that mornings equal industry is so widespread that it can only be the result of an international conspiracy: the Tyranny of the Early Riser.

The 47-year-old economist, Yulia Navalnaya pledges to take up the mantle of her husband.

President Joe Biden could save the country he loves and has served faithfully for five decades by endorsing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in this year's presidential election.

Alexei Navalny's murder was one of many in Russia—but it may be pivotal, nonetheless.

There are many moving parts and parties, and some of them may need to be bribed. So, it's helpful that President Biden is desperate to end the war.

With the Gaza Strip in ruins and over a million displaced, should we be talking about defunding a United Nations organization catering to Palestinian refugees?

Imagine two scenarios. In one, you bring together the most pleasant and brilliant people selected from the global population of 8 billion. In the second, you take what you can get from those within commuting distance.

While numbers can be distorted and the Republicans will always scaremonger, there is little dispute that illegal entries across the Mexico border are surging.

It's rare for governments not to give a damn if their population gets crushed in stupid conflicts they start. Even the Nazis were unhappy with the destruction of Dresden and Hamburg. Not Islamist militias.

The genocide charge is spurious despite the huge death toll in Gaza, and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is both political and toothless.

Here's the tricky thing about the debate about diversity: achieving actual social justice, which I believe most people want, requires balance, and defies facile politics.

Strap in for a 2024 that could be very interesting indeed.

Islanders serve in the U.S. military and have given their lives to defend America, but they have no say in deciding on its wars since there is no representation in Congress.

The Gaza disaster is a full-blown crisis for the Middle East and the world. But it is also a chance for an extraordinary restart.

The presence of a malicious narcissist at the helm in the United States was a thing to be endured, like a terrible disease.

There was briefly some clarity around the world, for a few days, that the Oct. 7 pogrom crossed every line and that Hamas had to be removed from power in Gaza.

The winner of last week's Dutch election was Geert Wilders, one of Europe's most notorious immigrant-bashers.

Netanyahu is a criminal defendant on trial for bribery. Polls show some three-quarters of Israelis want him to step down. And he has presided over a failure that is almost inexplicable.

Do we want media coverage of horrible police states, even though it will be messy and involve rounding some corners?

Lebanon's government has been beseeching Hezbollah to stay out of the fray.

When Hamas places a command center in tunnels under the main Gaza hospital, that is a feature, not a bug.

For Israel to topple Hamas by means of a ground invasion of Gaza would probably result in more casualties on the Israeli side than Oct. 7 itself.