The lesson of 21st-century warfare is not that American power is ineffective. It’s that military success and political victory are not the same thing.
Robert NicholsonMarch 27, 2026
While the recently-brokered peace deal between Hamas and Israel is a laudable achievement, only the permanent disarmament and replacement of Hamas as the governing authority of Gaza can ensure lasting peace
Michael SinghDecember 18, 2025
Despite Ahmad al-Sharaa’s appearance of moderation, his apparent change of heart is more likely just a strategy to gain legitimacy in his quest for Islamist rule over Syria
Richard GhazalDecember 10, 2025
Zohran Mandani’s refusal to condemn the usage of the phrase “globalize the intifada” speaks to the radical anti-Israelism that increasingly pervades the modern Democratic Party
Eric BordenkircherDecember 1, 2025
Indonesia, with a majority Muslim population of 280 million, is well-positioned to steer the Islamic world in a direction that is less radical and more friendly to human rights and democracy
John LenczowskiNovember 5, 2025
Trump’s pivot to apparently full-throated support for Ukraine underscores a core principle of his “America First” doctrine: non-ideological flexibility in pursuit of U.S. national security objectives
Mónika PalotaiOctober 15, 2025
While spreading democracy may be an admirable goal, the US must be clear-eyed about the costs of promoting American-style government in parts of the world with no history of democracy
Francis P. SempaOctober 2, 2025
Central and Eastern Europe, strongly anti-authoritarian from their own recent history of oppression, should be viewed by the US as essential partners in the new Cold War
Filip StyczynskiAugust 5, 2025
Absent the language and intercultural skills that make diplomacy work, the US will not be able to effectively project power abroad
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyJune 26, 2025
