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A New Beginning for American Purpose

A New Beginning for American Purpose

A statement on the magazine's future from Chairman of the Board, Francis Fukuyama

American Purpose
To Make a People in the Eyes of the World

To Make a People in the Eyes of the World

Not so long ago, statesmen delivered speeches to reforge a sense of national identity by invoking the principles of the Declaration of Independence.

Rebecca Burgess
A Different Congressional Diagnosis

A Different Congressional Diagnosis

Contra Yuval Levin's recent argument in The Atlantic, filibuster reform and the “coalition-building” that Levin desires can go hand in hand.

Thomas Harvey, Thomas Koenig
Springsteen's U.S.A.
Books

Springsteen's U.S.A.

Music critic Steven Hyden's new book about Bruce Springsteen's iconic "Born in the U.S.A" album is the product of a lifelong passion for the music of "The Boss."

Matt Hanson
It's the Internet, Dummy!

It's the Internet, Dummy!

From yoga mom to anti-vaxxer, our online algorithms are doing significantly more to radicalize and polarize us than Fox News. Francis Fukuyama's latest.

Francis Fukuyama
The Metamorphoses of Franz Kafka

The Metamorphoses of Franz Kafka

Centenary reflections on a posthumous nonpareil.

John G. Rodden
Iran's (Next) President—but the IRGC's First?

Iran's (Next) President—but the IRGC's First?

As with Ebrahim Raisi, Ayatollah Khamenei will make sure that Iran's next president is an obedient ideological loyalist, whose power is dependent upon Khamenei’s own office and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Kasra Aarabi, Jack Roush
Nuclear Math

Nuclear Math

Putin and Xi are both building more nukes. What should this mean for the United States and its allies?

Henry Sokolski