George Will asks in this new book, “The Conservative Sensibility,” the following question: What is it, exactly, that conservatives seek to conserve? His “concise but deceptively simple answer” is that ...

There are words we know, and there are words we argue about, working our way to a shared meaning. And then there is that unique category of terms that, once they appear, stubbornly refuse to succumb ...

American politics is in flux. Apart from deep-blue enclaves, once-dominant progressivism is on the ropes. Globalization-friendly elitist conservatism has also lost influence, including among ...

For most of the modern political era, economic debate has revolved around one central question: how do we create more jobs? But what happens when technology begins reducing the need for human labour ...

Hungarian social theorist Karl Polanyi is best known for his exploration of the collapse of liberal institutions that occurred between 1914 and 1945. His book, The Great Transformation, traces the ...

The world has entered a period of extraordinary turmoil and uncertainty characterized by, among other disruptive developments, the breakdown of the international economic order that has existed since ...

Democrats have become much more likely to lean liberal in their social views over the past 25 years, according to a new Gallup analysis. An analysis of a May Gallup survey found liberal identification ...

In East and Southeast Asia, democracy must be understood within the region’s unique political, historical and economic contexts. While liberal values are present, many citizens prioritise stability, ...