Of such heroes, like Navalny, Aquino, and Bonhoeffer, it can be said: “The world was not worthy of them.” 

Great leaders who advance the cause of humanity are never cynical.

Putin has learned to create just enough seditious mayhem to subvert international law, but not enough to provoke war

American military planners have not given the Ukrainians the tools they need to win and win now

Lebanon is wrapped up in a complex web of religious and sectarian alliances and rivalries

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine echoes Athens’ invasion of Melos in the Peloponnesian War

Sweden joining NATO will have immense geopolitical consequences

How Russia’s national security doctrine gobbled up the orthodox church.

In post-war Italy, the fantasy epics of JRR Tolkien became required reading for the post-fascist right; but does that really mean Hobbits were all Hitlerites?