The rhapsodic public reception that Star Wars received 40 years ago in America, even as it was originally banned in the Soviet Union, was part of a larger, slowly emerging renewal of American confidence in its democratic principles and in its global responsibilities.
Mark TooleyMay 26, 2017
Preoccupation with “empire” by some American Christian elites may be back now that Donald Trump is president.
Mark TooleyMay 24, 2017
In the effort to fight ISIS in Syria, the U.S. government has recently approved supplying arms to Kurdish YPG fighters. But a key NATO ally, Turkey, has condemned the action, claiming the U.S. is empowering the PKK, a Kurdish terrorist group. Here is what you should know about the Kurdish fighters involved.
Joe CarterMay 12, 2017
This week in Moscow there was the usual lavish military parade, bristling with missiles and other weaponry, commemorating victory in…
Mark TooleyMay 12, 2017
If nation-states are important in securing global goods, the United States should make the renewal of nation-states a priority so that a more stable global order can be achieved.
Mark AmstutzMay 4, 2017
As Pope Francis entered a stadium in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday to conduct a mass, thousands of Egyptian Catholics waved…
Mark TooleyMay 2, 2017
Leading French National Front presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has sparked controversy by claiming France bears no responsibility for French police collaboration in the 1942 Vél d’Hiv arrest of 13,000 Jews, who were shipped to their demise at Auschwitz.
Mark TooleyApril 12, 2017
It’s been widely noted that the U.S. missile strikes on a Syrian airbase seem at odds with Donald Trump’s electioneering opposition to American intervention. But there should be little surprise.
Mark TooleyApril 11, 2017
Patriotism, nationalism, and jingoism are individually important terms that do discreet, if sometimes overlapping work. I’m just not entirely sure how.
Marc LiVeccheFebruary 17, 2017
