Ultimately, when it comes to government-administered international humanitarian aid, Americans must ask themselves: what is the point of U.S. global hegemony if not to make the world a better place?
Brevin AndersonApril 13, 2026
When conservatives appeal to “Western civilization,” they are referring to everything they like that has ever come out of Europe and nothing they don’t like, with the line drawn by working backwards from predetermined ideological conclusions.
James DiddamsMarch 31, 2026
With the publication of the new “National Defense Strategy,” it’s a good time to remember that national interest is a good thing. Even for our neighbors.
Marc LiVeccheFebruary 16, 2026
Joseph Nye, who recently passed away at 88, will be remembered as a giant in the theory and practice of international relations
Dean C. CurryJune 2, 2025
The study of the Great Books is excellent preparation to understand the theory and practice of international relations
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyApril 28, 2025
Paul DeHart’s new book, “Contract in the Ruins: Natural Law and Government by Consent,” argues that what we today call “liberalism” cannot be understood in isolation from natural law and the Protestant Reformation
Trey DimsdaleJanuary 7, 2025
America’s founders, amid their religious differences, saw the need for interaction between religion and state that neither coerces nor excludes. Natural law reasoning fits perfectly with this model of church-state relations.
J. Daryl CharlesNovember 13, 2024
Iran’s governing elite cannot stop fighting Israel and America because the Islamic Republic’s foundational myth depends on a perpetual revolution waged against the West
Jozef Andrew KoscSeptember 17, 2024
Despite the limits on Executive power, the American President still represents the country, Chesterton explains.
Randall FowlerJuly 30, 2024