Simon Maass is a student of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. His writings have appeared in Intellectual Conservative, the Independent Sentinel, Redaction Report, Cultural Revue, and the St Andrews Foreign Affairs Review.
Most of the world still looks to the United States for global leadership, particularly compared with China and Russia
Simon MaassApril 5, 2025
The destructive elements of war are obvious and myriad. But less discussed are the technological and economic benefits of war that can, counterintuitively, drive human progress
Simon MaassMarch 19, 2025
Russia’s legacy as the “third Rome,” its inheriting of a Mongol political system, and its geography all help explain why its expansionist aggression
Simon MaassNovember 27, 2024
Despite the appearance of an Isolationist turn in the GOP, such observations are misguided.
Simon MaassJuly 31, 2024
Ideology has a way of making people unreasonable, but Israel-haters on college campuses take this tendency to an extreme
Simon MaassJune 26, 2024
Although the Iraq War was long and costly, leaving Saddam Hussein in power would only have led to even worse outcomes
Simon MaassJune 13, 2024
Virtue is a prerequisite to a healthy polity at home, which is in turn necessary for a strong America internationally
Simon MaassMay 22, 2024
30 years after Charles Krauthammer’s “Democratic Realism”, his pragmatic internationalism is needed more than ever
Simon MaassMay 2, 2024
Could Trump prove more capable than Biden at securing a lasting peace in Eastern Europe?
Simon MaassMarch 14, 2024
Putin is in more danger of losing support in Russia over Ukraine than many believe
Simon MaassDecember 6, 2023