Brian Klaas

Despots and human-rights abusers can rest easy now that America has gotten out of their way.

The United States is a fraying society, torn apart by polarization, intense disagreement, and ratcheting extremism.

Musk has turned a dangerously flawed view of “waste” into a philosophy of government.

Instead of pursuing philanthropy, many now seek to evade social responsibility.

Even botched plots to seize power damage democratic institutions and norms.

We don’t know what we think we know about how Americans will vote.

8 hours ago ... Yesterday, former President Donald Trump told a group of supporters that they won't have to vote again if they elect him to the presidency.

Becoming the British prime minister means giving top-secret orders—immediately—that could determine the fate of the world.

The party that’s rallying around a convicted felon, whatever he may do, is the one to worry about.

Par for the course. Trump is Trump. But imagine the response if Joe Biden had said it.

Bridge collapse, earthquake, eclipse—surely the heavens and the Biden administration are up to something.

What chaos theory has to teach us about human events

Dictators and even voters can turn elections into mere pageantry.

You can’t understand politics just by being rational. Where would QAnon and sorcery fit in?

The former president is inciting violence against the nation’s top general. America’s response is distracted and numb.

In Britain, a televised interview with a politician is a chance to hold power to account. The American broadcast media, with few exceptions, prefer to lob softballs instead.

The Kremlin seems to be rid of a dangerous challenger. But at what price?

The most exciting explanations for Niger’s upheaval are globe-sweeping and probably wrong.

Authoritarians would have you think that they can do certain things better than their counterparts who have to deal with checks, balances, and public opinion. Don’t believe it.

Yevgeny Prigozhin didn’t have to mass an unassailable force on the Kremlin, but he did have to make his victory appear inevitable.