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Could Wilson have Ended the Great War Two Years Earlier? Zelikow's "Road Less Traveled" Reviewed

Could World War I have been ended in December 1916 with a negotiated peace, thus sparing millions of lives on both sides? This starting proposition—an end to the war two full years before November 11, 1918—is explored in Philip Zelikow’s new book, The Road Less Traveled. It is a debatable assertion rejected by most historians. Zelikow, however, is used to controversy. A former U.S. State Department official, he served as the executive director of the national 9/11 Commission and has co-authored two books on the Cold War with Condoleezza Rice.

Philip Zelikow

Joe Biden and Ron DeSantis Praised for Putting Unity Above Politics After Condo Collapse

Barbara Perry, the Gerald L. Baliles professor and director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, said, "It reminds us that we are all mortal and that we are all human and that we all share these same feelings, whether you're red or blue."

Barbara Perry

Biden, DeSantis set aside politics in tragedy response

“It reminds us that we are all mortal and that we are all human and that we all share these same feelings, whether you’re red or blue,” said Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.

Barbara Perry

'We've come together': Biden meets with DeSantis, families missing loved ones in deadly condo collapse in Florida

Barbara A. Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said that presidents visiting the site of a tragedy often feels like a “member of our family” who is “coming to us to help us grieve and to give us comfort.” Perry noted that Biden’s own biography has shown Americans that “there is empathy in him because of what he suffered.”

Barbara Perry

Kim Jong-un's Demand for Self-Reliance Risks North Korean Lives

Since his assumption of power in December 2011, Kim Jong-un reinforced the state ideology of juche, which emphasizes the principles of self-sufficiency and independence in a hostile world.

Spencer D. Bakich

Foreign Affairs

The Biden-Putin summit opened the floodgates

A proposal from Germany and France for an EU-Russia meeting threatens to divide the EU.

Eric Edelman and David J. Kramer

The Dispatch