Recent assaults on DEI from the right have caused people who care about a diverse, inclusive America to circle the wagons. But proponents of diversity do need to alter these programs—not to please those who want to go backward, but to help America become the inclusive nation it needs to be moving forward.

If, for many years, the EU dangerously neglected the need for hard, defensive power it now risks moving to other extreme – giving hard power such pride of place that it detracts from the more consequential trends that will redefine the world order.

Rather than bemoaning the emergence of the BRICS, the West should court those member states that have a stake in making sure that the grouping does not become an overtly anti-Western outfit intent on undermining the global order.

Political leaders, more than anyone, have the power to stoke or stamp out this dangerous cycle of violence.

A realignment is already underway. So long as the country remains stuck in a messy stalemate, America will face greater political violence.

A discussion on what the research says about the roots and repercussions of polarization in American politics.

The Context is a podcast from the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, about the history, trends, and ideas shaping democracy in the United States and around the world. 

An explanation on why the space agency leaned on SpaceX to help bring them back home by next February.