The Horrific Unintended Consequence of Doolittle’s Courageous Raid on Tokyo by James M. Scott The Chinese paid the price for American heroism.

Vietnam in the Battlefield of Memory by Jon Wiener On the war’s 50th anniversary, peace activists will be challenging the Pentagon’s whitewashed history.

The Iran Deal and Its Consequences by Henry Kissinger and George P. Shultz "Until clarity on an American strategic political concept is reached, the projected nuclear agreement will reinforce, not resolve, the world’s challenges in the region."

Top Ten ways to prove you Love the Earth on Earth Day by Juan Cole Environmentalism meant something different in 1970 than it does now.

The Deep Roots of the Ukraine Crisis by Richard Sakwa We must rethink the post–Cold War security order.

The Rule of History by Jill Lepore Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, and the hold of time.

Madam President: Are we really ready for Hillary Clinton? by Jonathan Zimmerman Female candidates are defined by their gender in a way that men never are. And in the public mind, those definitions typically makes the women seem, well, unpresidential.

Privatizing History by Patrick Stephenson It's hard to have historical grievances if you don't know any history.

The Iranian Ascendancy by Peter Van Buren Twelve Years Later, We Know the Winner in Iraq: Iran

Remember the Carter Doctrine by Max Boot and Michael Doran A better way forward in the Middle East.