Biden Administration

A Return to Ideological Competition: Western Liberal Values or Totalitarianism

Biden’s State of the Union lacked the moral clarity on the civilizational struggle the US is in against China and Russia

The Weakness is the Point in American Foreign Policy

The Biden administration’s weakness abroad is part of a targeted appeal to its progressive base at home

Who Watches the Watchers?: The Trouble with Independent Prosecutors

Between Robert Mueller and Robert Hur, independent prosecutors are becoming more common. But who are they accountable to?

The Biden Administration’s Cascading Crises

With every foreign policy failure, America falls further into a negative feedback loop

If the Choice Is Charlatans or Fanatics, Choose the Former

Better to side with transparently self-interested Saudi over transparently evil Iran

Rediscovering America’s Purpose

America was once the world’s arsenal of democracy, can it be again?

Obstacles to Peace in Ukraine: President Biden and Mr. Trump

America never recognized the USSR’s occupation of the Baltics, but didn’t let it derail our diplomacy. This should be our approach with Ukraine and Crimea.

Global Strategy, Regional Tactics

Although the threats to the American-led world order are linked at a strategic level, dealing with each successfully requires different regional tactics.

Steering the Ship of State

The Biden administration and the permanent bureaucracy are chained to an idea of foreign affairs that fails to protect American interests in an era of Great Power conflict.

Explore The Latest

2020 Presidential Election (8) Abraham Kuyper (5) Alliances (130) American Exceptionalism (19) American Revolution (9) Anti-Semitism (15) Apologetics (24) Biden Administration (114) Brexit (11) Cancel Culture (3) Catholic Church (65) character formation (20) Chemical Weapons (4) Christian Ethics (524) Christian Realism (380) Christianity & Crisis Archives (118) Civil Religion (22) Civil-Military Relations (21) Climate Change (6) Cold War (67) Communism (107) Coptic Church (15) Corruption (32) COVID-19 Pandemic (42) Cybersecurity (15) Democracy (358) Deterrence (44) Dictatorship (54) Diplomacy (143) Education (6) Episcopal Church (5) Evangelical Christians (34) Freedom (50) Freedom of the Press (13) Genocide (11) History (231) Holocaust (16) Human Flourishing (51) Human Rights (270) Immigration (29) Integralism (11) Intelligence & Espionage (50) International Religious Liberty (310) Islam (61) Islamic State (ISIS) (117) Just War Tradition (245) Kurds (10) Liberalism (102) Millennial Christians on Nation-States and Patriotism (16) Missile Defense (13) Missions (9) Moral Injury (6) Nationalism and Patriotism (158) Nuclear Weapons (87) Obama Administration (49) Pacifism (31) Peace (147) Political Theology (76) Political Theory (104) Race (10) Refugees (27) Revolutions (13) Russian Orthodox Church (23) Socialism (5) Soft Power (35) Strategy (10) Syrian Civil War (36) Technology (21) Terrorism (155) The World in 2020 (4) Theology (96) Trade & Economics (108) Trump Administration (269) United Nations (UN) (13) US Military (51) US State Department (19) Vietnam War (23) War (220) Zionism (11)