Liberalism

Saving Democracy

How to address the “great misalignment” between self-government and human frailty.

By Isabel Sawhill

Beyond Compromise

By Jack Meserve

Smart Power for a Rising Generation

Young progressives distrust U.S. power. It’s up to us to show them how that power can be put toward good ends.

By Suzanne Nossel

Feet of Clay

George Packer’s Richard Holbrooke is both daring and brilliant— and self-aggrandizing and cynical.

By Hussein Ibish

Left for Dead

The coalitions that sustained the traditional left parties in the West have collapsed. New ones can be built—but it won’t be easy.

By Yascha Mounk