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A Tale of Two Vances?

J.D. Vance in “Communion” comes across as a nuanced, empathetic, and thoughtful Christian, traits that often seem incongruous with his rhetoric as vice president.

Two Revolutions, Two Constitutions: Constitutionalism in Britain and its Dominions After the American Revolution

The American and British constitutions share a common heritage but diverge sharply in method: one protects liberty through constitutional design, the other through constitutional evolution

Herman Bavinck’s Balance of the National and the Universal in International Relations

Herman Bavinck’s writings on international relations, which balance the particular with the catholic, provide a valuable resource for Christians in foreign policy

Ezra Jin’s Release Is a Victory Washington Can Replicate

The release of Pastor Ezra Jin, founder of Zion Church in Beijing, is a success story for American negotiations with China, and one that can be replicated by following the same playbook

Hormuz, Malacca, and the Intractability of Geoeconomics in Geopolitics

In an ever-more globalized economy, a few chokepoints in international trade have become the keys to influencing global politics

China’s Century of Humiliation and the Politics of Memory

For the CCP, the Century of Humiliation from 1839-1949 represents not just a shared memory, but a perpetual justification for aggressive, revisionist foreign policy

The Metaphor of the “Vine and Fig Tree” in America’s Founding

In 1 Kings, Micah, and Zechariah, the image of every man sitting under his own vine and fig tree, secure in the fruits of his labor, offered the American Founders a powerful biblical vision of liberty, peace, and self-government.

The 16th Century Theological Debate around the Declaration of Independence

250 years on, the legacy of the English Civil War of the 17th century continues to define debates around the American founding

America and the Moral Efficacy of Power

250 years of American greatnesss and goodness was hard won and can be easily lost. We must maintain the spiritedness necessary to keep it.

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