Britain

The World Needs a Strong America, and a Strong America Needs Allies

The US, like the British Empire at its height, needs allies to counter threats from around the world

May 1940: How Churchill Came to Save Christian Civilization

Winston Churchill’s ascendency to prime minister in May of 1940 is perhaps the most consequential moment in the history of Christian civilization

King Charles Is Failing to Defend the Faith

King Charles, as Defender of the Faith (Fidei Defensor), ought to show special concern for Christianity’s place in Britain. Instead, he has embraced a broad pluralism without theological foundation, seeking to please everyone.

The Necessity of NATO in the Arctic

Setting aside damage caused by Trump’s attempts to coerce Denmark into surrendering Greenland, one bright side has been a newly heightened awareness of the arctic for NATO security

Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech at 80

80 years after Churchill delivered his famed “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, his clear-eyed warning about the dangers of totalitarian regimes remains as relevant as ever.

When King and Pope Prayed Together: Choir Diplomacy & Prayer, Centuries in the Making

Perhaps the most iconic image of 2025—at least for those attentive to ecumenism—was that of the Roman Pontiff, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, and the British monarch, His Majesty King Charles III, praying together in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in October, during the Holy Year of the Jubilee.

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

A Call for Realism, Love, Localism, and Democracy: Review of Rory Stewart’s “Politics on the Edge”

Rory Stewart’s “Politics on the Edge” describes at length the failures of both David Cameron’s center-right neoliberalism and Boris Johnson’s populism, yet leaves the reader with hope for a renewed political future

Dominance to Dilemma: The Rewards and Risks of Strategic Prioritization for 20th Century Britain and 21st Century America

America has much to learn from Britain’s attempts to strategically prioritize its military and economic assets in the 19th and 20th centuries