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Peace Through Precision

President Trump’s strike against Iran’s nuclear program shows that peace is possible when sought through strength and tactical precision

Dispute Over St. Catherine’s Monastery May Jeopardize Egyptian-Greek Rapprochement

One of the oldest active monasteries in the world, St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, is at risk of being taken over by the Egyptian government

Striking Iran Will Not Change the Long-term Strategic Picture—America Should Still Do It

Neither regime change nor allowing Iran to acquire a nuke are realistic options. Instead, America must have the strategic resolve to strike Iran if necessary and the patience to await a grassroots uprising.

Episode 91 | Is Israel’s Fight for Survival also America’s Fight?

Dr. Farhad Rezaei joins the Provcast to discuss the hard questions around the Israel-Iran conflict, including escalation, American involvement, and regime change

Helping Israel against Iran?

Christian Realism is the constant expectation of unintended consequences.

Putin’s Attempts to Ban ‘Satanism’ Are Just Another Means of Crushing Internal Dissent

Recent Russian parliamentary sessions devoted to ‘combatting Satan’ are really just disguised exercises in smearing political opponents and Ukrainians as agents of irredeemable supernatural evil.

A Love for Life and Responsible Sovereignty

Israel’s strike against Iran proves that the Western love of life is not our weakness, but our strength. And a means toward responsible statecraft.

Is There Honor Among Spies?

The category of espionage, particularly in the 21st century, defies the Just War moral categories normally used to analyze ethical decisions around warfighting

A Nation of Lions

Israelis launched a bold military strike against Iran’s tyrannical regime. The rest of us should be grateful.

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