George W. Bush

The Missed Opportunity of George W. Bush’s ‘Ownership Society’

His model of reform was the right one, even if no one listened to him.

The Assumptions that Undermined the Iraq War

Two decades later, the country is still a work in progress.

The Rise of Xi Jinping’s China

Former National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley on the risk of competition turning into confrontation: A Dispatch Q&A.

American Security Through American Idealism

Remembering Michael Gerson by reflecting on the greatest speech he ever wrote.