What defines a great king of the world? Is it the vastness of the territory conquered, the longevity of the dynasty, or the cultural impact left behind? In historical scholarship, the title "Great" is ...

The churn of great-power politics shapes the world and touches, for good or ill, the lives of people everywhere. Wars among great powers have killed millions of people; victorious great powers have ...

The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy made it official: The American-dominated liberal world order is over. This is not because the United States proved materially incapable of ...