Katja Hoyer’s new book uses the town of Weimar to humanize an often-overlooked chapter of German history: the brief, tragic life of the Weimar Republic
Sean DurnsMay 12, 2026
More than a century after its end, the memory of World War I remains haunting. But as Odd Arne Westad argues in his book, “The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History”, the real problem is that it isn’t haunting us enough.
Sean DurnsApril 15, 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
On the 136th birthday of T.E. Lawrence, American foreign policy has much to learn from one of Britain’s greatest heroes
Michael LuccheseAugust 16, 2024
During Providence‘s Christianity & National Security Conference in 2023, Joseph Loconte gave a lecture discussing C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and…
Joseph LoconteNovember 16, 2023
Eric Patterson’s lecture at Christianity & National Security 2023.
Eric Patterson discusses the just war tradition, the Augustine nature of Christian realism, and international order. The following is a transcript of the event.
Eric PattersonNovember 16, 2023
President Kennedy understood the need to counter America’s enemies without precipitating WWIII.
Robert MorrisonApril 17, 2023
The results of the disastrous Versailles Treaty led to war in Europe for a century. Can we finally exorcise the ghosts of Versailles?
Robert MorrisonApril 14, 2023
Wishful Thinking Idealism, unlike Christian Realism, believes that everyone, even competition, is fundamentally reasonable.
Eric PattersonOctober 31, 2022