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An impressive biography offers a corrective to the personal narrative outlined in the billionaire’s pitch for the US presidency

After the terror attacks, US national security policy has shifted dramatically. Three very different perspectives consider egos, errors and power struggles

Could its relative decline be just a temporary setback — or even an opportunity?

Gurcharan Das’s latest commentary on INdia as a rising power

Homicide investigation in LA shines spotlight on urban violence America would prefer to ignore

Two books consider Barack Obama’s foreign policy record and the task for his successor

Two books laud the diplomat’s visceral understanding of enduring Russian nationalism

A diplomatic memoir sets out Hillary Clinton’s case for the presidency

Is the United States heading for the same fate as the Roman empire?

How Mitt Romney’s campaign for the US presidency went wrong