The Adaptable Country outlines straightforward policy reforms to improve adaptability - the capacity to anticipate and manage danger. In a turbulent world, authoritarian rule is a tempting path to security…

Nearly forty years ago the US Congress passed the landmark Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) giving the public the right to government documents. This 2006 book examines the evolution of…

Across the Western world, people are angry about the inability of government to perform basic functions competently. With widespread evidence of policy failures at home and ill-conceived wars and interventions…

In Four Crises of American Democracy, Alasdair Roberts puts democratic malaise in the United States in perspective. He describes four distinct democratic crises over the past century, and describes how…