Richard Hanania

We have let wishful thinking and demagoguery replace statecraft. The results of this approach can be seen in the shattered cities of Ukraine.

The U.S. has sanctioned dozens of countries over the decades, and there are few unambiguous cases of them changing behavior in important ways.

Being willing to recognize a problem is not the same thing as knowing how to solve it.

Increasing economic and cultural exchange with the United States is the clearest path to reform, and is something Washington can clearly make a reality.

There is of course nothing wrong with honoring the victims of the riots. Yet historical tragedies should not be used in the service of a political agenda that has a slanted perspective on American history and the modern causes of urban blight.

Both sides are more interested in finding the small minority of murders that can be traced to a disfavored racial group or the ideology of the other side, a psychodrama that was yet again on full display on social media this week.