Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Berlin Wall on the night of Nov. 9, 1989. It wasn't artillery that brought it down but the soft power of Western values.

Moral clarity arrives uninvited, often at the most inconvenient times. As Israeli warplanes streak toward Iranian nuclear sites, America faces a moment that will define our nation for generations: Act ...

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KUTV — Last year, clean energy didn’t just break records—it redefined the landscape of American power. The U.S. is facing a historic opportunity: electricity demand is projected to surge 35-50% by ...

When the final U.S. aircraft departed Kabul in August 2021, the moment registered less as a tactical failure than as a strategic rupture. The withdrawal exposed confusion, poor coordination, and an ...

With the Oval Office looking more like a middle school classroom every day, let’s recall the way, once upon a time, we responded to childhood taunts from a playground bully. You remember how it goes.

Power is the ability to get others to do what you want. That can be accomplished by coercion (“sticks”), payment (“carrots”) or attraction (“honey”). The first two methods are forms of hard power; ...