Europe & Eurasia

What Will Become of Good and Evil? – Reflections on Ukraine at the Two-Year Mark

Supporting Ukraine should not be viewed as charity. Rather, it is the first and most important part of U.S. foreign policy

Navalny the Martyr

Of such heroes, like Navalny, Aquino, and Bonhoeffer, it can be said: “The world was not worthy of them.” 

Lech Walesa & Transcendent Truth

Great leaders who advance the cause of humanity are never cynical.

Ukrainian Film and the Chronic Ineffectiveness of International Law

Putin has learned to create just enough seditious mayhem to subvert international law, but not enough to provoke war

Planning for Ukrainian Victory

American military planners have not given the Ukrainians the tools they need to win and win now

Lebanon’s Sectarian Dynamics and the Israel-Hezbollah War

Lebanon is wrapped up in a complex web of religious and sectarian alliances and rivalries

From the Peloponnesian War to Putin 

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine echoes Athens’ invasion of Melos in the Peloponnesian War

What Does Sweden Joining NATO Mean?

Sweden joining NATO will have immense geopolitical consequences

Russia: Orthodox by Culture, Imperialist by Nature

How Russia’s national security doctrine gobbled up the orthodox church.

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