Let's not rush to mock Hagel for citing the War of 1812 as a precedent for contemporary strategy. He has a point.

Younger academics seem to be more comfortable with pragmatism than their forbearers.

Despite all the recent WWI analogies, Sino-American relations may more closely resemble an earlier time.

US political dysfunction partly reflects the fact that it doesn’t have an enemy or peer competitor to unify around.

Today marks the bicentennial of the Battle of Lake Erie, and Americans still struggle with geography.

“Americans and their leaders made the conscious political choice not to field a great navy—and paid a heavy price for that decision.”