Mike Coté is a writer and historian focusing on great-power rivalry and geopolitics. He blogs at rationalpolicy.com and hosts the Rational Policy podcast. He’s on Twitter @ratlpolicy. His writing has appeared in Providence, National Review Online, and The Federalist.
The idea of mutual-disarmament has been discredited by history and should not be embraced in today’s geopolitical environment
Mike CotéApril 2, 2025
Ending conflicts is all well and good, but only if the peace is durable, reasonable, and within the national interest
Mike CotéFebruary 27, 2025
Contra the critics, purchasing Greenland would be a boon, not a boondoggle, for America’s economy and national security
Mike CotéJanuary 29, 2025
In the Russo-Ukrainian War, only one side’s actions are labeled as escalatory, and it’s never those of the aggressor.
Mike CotéDecember 4, 2024
The UK’s new Labour government is already sacrificing Western security interests for the sake of eliminating any last vestiges of the British Empire
Mike CotéNovember 12, 2024
The year that has passed since the atrocities of October 7 has exposed the falsehood of several prominent ideas regarding the conflict in the Middle East
Mike CotéOctober 7, 2024
The Israeli leader is faced with the test of a lifetime, one that may determine the future of his nation
Mike CotéSeptember 26, 2024
From inflation at home to declining American power abroad, the 2020s are looking a lot like the 1970s
Mike CotéSeptember 12, 2024
Lessons from the British Poet Rudyard Kipling warn of appeasement to aggressors, drawing on the lessons of history
Mike CotéJuly 22, 2024
The Biden administration’s policy in Latin America has empowered anti-American regimes and endangered national interests.
Mike CotéJuly 5, 2024