An Old Playbook, a New Cold War
Much of the world is now awakened to the PRC’s ambitions and keenly aware of its claws. America and its partners are coming to the stark realization that a renewed commitment to deterrence is the only way to ensure the twenty-first century isn’t made in the PRC.
Alan DowdApril 12, 2021
Human Rights Situation Will Get Worse in Afghanistan
In five years, the human rights situation in Afghanistan will be back to square one.
Rebecca MunsonMarch 23, 2021
China Is Committing Genocide against the Uighur People
A stunning new report from the Newlines Institute states that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has breached every provision of the UN Convention on Genocide Prevention.
Chelsea Patterson SobolikMarch 22, 2021
A Case for Rebuilding the US Commitment to Refugees
To renew our national spirit, we must rebuild our refugee resettlement program.
Jeff PickeringFebruary 26, 2021
The Appeal to Heaven and Our New Revolutionary War
One flag waving over the rioters at the US Capitol, emblazoned with a tree and the slogan “An Appeal to Heaven,” garnered particular attention as a symbol of so-called “Christian nationalism’s” effort to “take America back for God.”
Brad LittlejohnFebruary 23, 2021
Still the American Century
America remains the world leader. This fact is naïve to reject and realistic to accept. It is the American Century still.
Richard Allen HydeFebruary 3, 2021
Beware Playing the Counterterrorism Game at Home
As shocking as the January 6 lawlessness was, I was surprised how quickly people who should know better switched gears and called for some version of the Global War on Terror to be fought—not on some distant desert or foreign mountain top—but inside America against American citizens.
Alberto M. FernandezJanuary 22, 2021
The Capitol Hill Invasion and International Religious Freedom
This perception in Latin America and elsewhere is very troubling and should worry American conservative Christians who care about international religious freedom.
Igor SabinoJanuary 21, 2021
Mob Violence and “Reciprocal Violence”: Then and Now
Mob violence cannot be tolerated, and when threatened should be met with overwhelming force—as a deterrent, and with proportional and discriminant force, or “reciprocal violence” if you prefer—without apology, with far less concern for “optics,” and without any concern for the ideology of the mob if deterrence fails.
Keith PavlischekJanuary 20, 2021
