American Power, Interest, and Responsibility
American national interests and our willingness to spend power for global common good are more closely aligned than many seem to believe.
Marc LiVeccheSeptember 29, 2022
UN Releases Uighur Human Rights Report Despite Chinese Intimidation
The Uighurs would be in a very different situation if we could get Middle Eastern governments to restrict the flow of oil to China or if South Asian governments would say no to China’s tempting low-interest infrastructure projects.
Eric PattersonSeptember 28, 2022
Fighting for the Right to Be Jewish: Religious Liberty and Government Establishment
A state-enforced sexual establishment parallels the kind of religious establishment dissenters have long sought to dismantle, and for sound reasons.
Cory HigdonSeptember 27, 2022
Heroism and Collectivism: Ukraine and Russia’s Diverging Strategies of Warfare
if the flooding of the frontlines by unprepared new recruits results in exorbitant Russian casualties, the true effect may be to make Russia’s armed forces look weaker than ever.
Simon MaassSeptember 26, 2022
Queen Elizabeth’s Protestant Decency
She upheld a central cluster of decency amid our world’s many horrors and dangers, for which thank God.
Mark TooleySeptember 23, 2022
Moral Courage and the Grim Necessity of Sacrifice 
American audiences are still hungry for cinematic portrayals of the old virtues: patriotism, heroism, courage, and self-sacrifice
Marc LiVeccheSeptember 22, 2022
Considering Post-War Ukraine
Putin has failed to meet his objectives, but Ukraine has a difficult rebuilding process ahead, even with expected international support.
Alan DowdSeptember 21, 2022
Dialectic Derailed? Review of Xi Jinping’s The Governance of China, 2014-2022
Xi’s most obvious and consistent discrepancy lies not in any difference between what the Chinese government says and what the Chinese government does, but between what it says to Communist and to non-Communist audiences.
Mark R. RoyceSeptember 20, 2022
Why are Turkey and Azerbaijan targeting Armenia and Greece?
The same ideology that motivated the 1913-23 Armenian genocide motivates Turkey’s and Azerbaijan’s aggressions against Armenians, Greeks and other Christians.
Uzay BulutSeptember 19, 2022
