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Peter Beinart is a contributing editor at The Atlantic and National Journal, an associate professor of journalism and political science at the City University of New York, and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Voter-ID laws are part of a hoary American tradition holding that people who aren't economically independent can't make reasoned political choices.
Reporters have focused on how the former defense secretary's memoir praises her and criticizes the president. The book itself tells a different story.
Disputes over Iraq have distracted Americans from a more important debate.
There's a constructive way for liberals to oppose illiberalism, and then there's the approach the comedian took.
Leon Panetta says American allies no longer trust Obama. How does he explain the coalition against ISIS?
Sometimes the best way for the U.S. to promote democracy abroad is to struggle for it at home.
Why the senator’s brand of foreign policy is dangerous
In a time of national anxiety, women voters are again turning to Republicans to protect the country.
U.S. officials say the extremist group could harm the homeland. But does the danger justify another military campaign in the Middle East?
Robert Kagan accuses Obama of appeasement. Where’s his evidence?
The beheading of two journalists has transformed public debate over U.S. foreign policy.
John McCain and Lindsey Graham want Obama to confront ISIS now. They don't specify how.
The president is neither a dove nor a hawk. He’s a fierce minimalist.
Striking the jihadists in Syria is reckless without allies on the ground.
Strong frontrunners have drawn challengers before. But given the Clintons' reputation for retaliating for betrayals, it's just not worth it in 2016.
The politics of crime has changed since the 1990s. Can Rand Paul help his party embrace the new reality?
The key divide on America’s role in the world is no longer between Democrats and Republicans. It’s between elites and everyone else.
"An entire religion is being exterminated from the face of the earth," one Iraqi lawmaker warns.
Why the question is so effective at silencing American critics of Israel.
Florida Representative Curt Clawson mistook two Indian-American officials for Indians, a silly gaffe that's revealing of today's society.
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