For example, the U.S. is also yielding hard power around the world. The pullback appears to be more than a simple turn away ...

The Power Paradox refers to our tendency as humans to lose empathy, compassion, fair-mindedness and generosity as soon as we gain power. However, we advocate humility and benevolence so long as we ...

One of the world’s foremost policy thinkers and the Kennedy School’s former dean, Nye says one of America’s most important ...

In this reimagined doctrine, the West is no longer a community of shared values, but a zone of expected compliance under ...

With a single stroke of President Trump’s Sharpie pen, this has struck out US$60 billion (£39 billion) of US aid assistance, ...

American steel firms, such as those in Youngstown, had once been an engine of national economic power. But they had been slow to invest and modernize, and foreign competitors adopted new ...

Psychologists call it the Effort Paradox. Bizarrely ... but it has distinct explanatory power. Willingness to exert effort is important, but how you feel about that effort also seems to matter.

The American historian Fara Dabhoiwala calls free ... to be debated more robustly if it is to stop being the unhinged paradox that it really is.

Hydroelectric power has suffered from historic droughts, such as the drop in Lake Mead, while increased cloud cover is limiting solar output. Wind energy is also becoming more unpredictable due to ...

Voice of America was a powerful soft power tool for decades. Trump’s rejection of soft power could also allow China, in ...