Representative forms of government in the Western world are facing their greatest threat since the pre-World War II era.

Dictatorships and white nationalism have spread at a rapid pace worldwide.

We like to think we are extraordinary, given our contributions to the world. But we're not.

The international community snickered, at first, when the United States elected a reality-show president. They're not laughing anymore.

Everyone in the United States and around the globe is asking the same question: What does the Russian leader really want?