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Three Principles for Defending Human Rights Amid Great Power Competition

Human rights, properly defined and pragmatically pursued, do not need to be a distraction from great power competition with China and Russia but can instead be a core part of the fight against our repressive adversaries

The Just Statecraft of Trump’s Ukraine Diplomacy

Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible is in keeping with the just war criteria of only supporting wars that can be won, however clear the morality of the conflict

America Must Not Legally Recognize Russia’s Annexation of Eastern Ukraine

The United States never legally recognized the Soviet occupation of the Baltics, and neither should America recognize Russia’s annexation of eastern Ukraine

The Spirit of Munich: Unjust Negotiations versus a Just Peace

A “peace at all costs” attitude belies that an unjust, strategically unsound peace that just kicks the can down the road will be no peace at all

Only Credible Deterrence Can Assure Lasting Peace

Ending conflicts is all well and good, but only if the peace is durable, reasonable, and within the national interest

Quitting on Ukraine Means the Unraveling of the U.S.-Led Global Order

The end of a free Ukraine portends only the further weakening of America’s system of global alliances

Tariffs, Chickens, and the Future of U.S-European Relations

The “Chicken War” between America and Europe in the 1960s contains useful lessons for a potential US-EU trade war today

How the Trump Administration Should Approach Ukraine

Recent remarks by Vice President J.D. Vance in his February 14 interview with The Wall Street Journal signal a smart and realistic approach to US efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

‘Jesus Christ: Refugee’ and Other Fallacies in the Immigration Debate

In debates around immigration, you see too much of the platitudinous, vapid moralizing that often passes for serious political thought in evangelical circles

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