The two claims come together when great powers act stupidly. It is not only bad for them. It's also dangerous for the world. Paul Poast is an associate professor in the Department of Political ...

In President Donald Trump’s first term, he ran a less aggressive foreign policy than he seems to be doing now, with one major exception being his assassination of Iran’s top general and ...

What I call Ferguson’s Law states that any great power that spends more on debt ... The insight is not mine but originates with the Scottish political theorist Adam Ferguson, whose “Essay ...