Politics

Election Landslides Past and Present and the New Age of British Political Instability

In both the US and Britain, there is a long history of political fortunes shifting dramatically

Solomon: The Archetype of a Just Ruler

If King Solomon is considered to be the archetype of a just statesman, it behooves us to also consider the formative experiences that shaped his sense of leadership

The Whig Case for Toryism

American conservatives can learn from our Tory forerunners the importance of reverence and order, realism and romance, and ultimately the poetry that is the soul of our civilization

Recovering Great Books Education for International Affairs

The study of the Great Books is excellent preparation to understand the theory and practice of international relations

Putting Natural Law to Work: Review of Hopeful Realism

A trio of Protestant Christian political science professors argue that evangelicals should be more aware of and attuned to the natural law tradition

The Demagogue and the Statesman

Both the demagogue and the statesman use rhetoric to sway public opinion, but only the latter does so with the nation’s best interests at heart

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

Reviving the Art of Political Rhetoric

The lost art of political oratory must be recovered to save not only our politics, but the soul of America

Putin’s Perpetual Political Theater and “The Wizard of the Kremlin”

A new novel (and movie) about Vladimir Putin’s chief spin-doctor explain how the true battle between Ukraine and Russia is not one of warring armies, but of competing narratives

Explore

2024 Election (4) 9-11 (3) Advent Series on Hope: 2021 (19) Aggression (14) America's 250th (3) America’s Founding (43) American History (13) artificial intelligence (7) Author Talk (29) Book Review (275) Capitalism (3) Censorship (6) Central Intelligence Agency (2) Christian Morality (46) Christian Nationalism (22) Christian Persecution (13) Christianity & National Security Conference 2018 (16) Christianity & National Security Conference 2019 (14) Christianity & National Security Conference 2021 (16) Christianity & National Security Conference 2022 (14) Christianity & National Security Conference 2023 (14) Christianity & National Security Conference 2024 (15) Christianity & National Security Conference 2025 (1) Church Fathers (3) Church History (7) Church of England (2) Citizenship (8) Civilization (22) College Protests (4) Community (6) Conflict (1) Conservatism (15) Crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh (5) Crisis in Xinjiang (8) Democratic Party (4) Domestic policy (7) Early Church (4) Editorial (11) Elite (5) Empire (5) Essays (353) Ethics (29) Event (8) Family Life (2) Film and TV Reviews (57) foreign aid (3) Foreign Policy (39) French Elections (1) Geopolitics (29) Harry Truman (2) Historical Theory (7) Holy Week Reader (16) Home (1) Homepage Special (9) In the Middle: A Podcast on Christianity in the Middle East (1) Individualism (1) Iran War (10) Iraq War (11) Isolationism (5) Israel–Palestine Conflict (10) Issues (0) Judaism (7) Just Statecraft (7) Just War 101 (10) Korean War (2) Marksism Video Series (70) Marriage (5) Middle East (10) Morality (20) Nation-Building (4) natural law (1) Nazi (2) Newsletters (7) Operation Epic Fury (11) Orthodox Christianity (3) People's Liberation Army of China (2) Podcasts (29) political polarization (9) Politics (31) Portugal (1) Post-Christian (2) Post-Industrial (1) Post-Liberalism (26) Power (12) Print Edition (17) Protestants (27) Providence (2) Providence Events (37) Realism (14) Regions (23) Robert Nicholson's "Civilizational" Column (21) Roman Empire (3) Roman Republic (3) Russophobia (1) Same-sex Marriage (1) Slavery (6) Suez Crisis (1) T. E. Lawrence (1) The Arctic (1) The Church (23) The Family (5) The Latest (1067) The West (18) The Yule Blog (71) The Yule Blog 2017-18 (14) The Yule Blog 2018-2019 (14) The Yule Blog 2019-20 (14) The Yule Blog 2020-21 (14) Tradition (2) tribalism (1) U.S. Constitution (3) Uncategorized (74) United Kingdom (U.K.) (4) Virtue (34) Vladimir Putin (9) Washington D.C. (2) Woodrow Wilson (1) WWII-80 (11) Xi Jinping (4)