In order to understand Trump’s new National Security Strategy, look to Edward Gibbon’s “the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Eric PattersonJanuary 29, 2026
Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to Carter, foresaw the downfall of the Soviet Union when others couldn’t because he understood that Moscow always lacked moral legitimacy among the peoples of Eastern Europe
Sean DurnsJanuary 20, 2026
Stephen Kotkin’s history writing is masterful—but his democracy-vs-authoritarianism lens distorts how geopolitics really works
Francis P. SempaJanuary 12, 2026
In 1915, Claude DeBussy wrote a carol for the children of France who, due to the German invasion, could not celebrate Christmas. Today, the children of Ukraine are suffering a similar fate from Russia’s aggression.
Eric PattersonDecember 22, 2025
Today, when we consider systemic evils like sex trafficking and forced labor in Xinjiang, we should follow the example of Elizabeth Heyrick in demanding rapid change
John Cotton RichmondDecember 4, 2025
The myth that the early church destroyed countless classic texts from the Greco-Roman world couldn’t be further from the truth
Nadya WilliamsDecember 3, 2025
Despite his many crimes against the people of Iraq and the Middle East more broadly, Saddam has come to symbolize resistance to the US-led world order across the Arab world
Ayaan KaranSeptember 16, 2025
Edmund Walsh’s legacy endures as a fusion of moral conviction and strategic vision, equipping the free world to confront godless tyranny with clarity, courage, and resolve
Francis P. SempaSeptember 12, 2025
We are now as far from WWII as WWII was from the Civil War. As in generations past, Americans must work to learn the lessons of history when they can no longer simply be recalled.
Albert Russell Thompson JrAugust 12, 2025
