Shadi Hamid’s new book argues that the U.S. has a forceful role to play on the world stage. Yet Hamid makes this case from a liberal perspective that seems incapable of mustering the resolve to decisively confront evil abroad
Michael LuccheseMay 7, 2026
Despite the MAGA critique that the United States has been taken for a sucker by Europe, the truth is that European elites have become American vassals, their highest aspiration no longer to remain in Europe but to rise through American-led institutions
Tomislav KardumMay 7, 2026
The essence of Western civilization is found in continuing dialogue, not rupture, with the thinkers of Jerusalem and Athens down to the present day
John W. BurgeMay 6, 2026
That human beings possess intrinsic dignity as made in the image of God does not mean developed countries are obligated to accept unlimited numbers of migrants fleeing poverty
Luma SimmsMay 5, 2026
Blacklisted from China since 1996 for human rights advocacy, Perry Link remains one of America’s foremost scholars of China. His new essay collection offers incisive commentary on Chinese politics and for seasoned Sinologists and newcomers alike
Rana Siu InbodenMay 5, 2026
Those of us with personal ties to the Middle East know firsthand that Iran’s apocalyptic, fanatical regime has spent decades sowing chaos across the region, with nuclear weapons serving only to make the situation potentially much worse
Luma SimmsApril 30, 2026
The American military’s insistence on rescuing every missing or captured service member defies economic logic, yet reflects the same moral logic as Christ leaving the ninety-nine to save the one
Mike BerryApril 30, 2026
States like Iran, Russia, and China are increasingly turning to “civilizational state” rhetoric as a means to delegitimize democracy and human rights as Western imports
Pranay Kumar ShomeApril 29, 2026
Objections to the Iran war that hinge on the absence of an immediate and certain threat overlook that the Islamic Republic has, through decades of proxy warfare and its pursuit of nuclear weapons, consistently sought to kill Americans and destabilize the Middle East
Michael LuccheseApril 28, 2026
