Most of the world still looks to the United States for global leadership, particularly compared with China and Russia

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

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

The “Chicken War” between America and Europe in the 1960s contains useful lessons for a potential US-EU trade war today

Christian Realism is far preferable to Christian Nationalism for emphasizing individual liberty and rightful patriotism without idolizing the state, an ideology, a party, or a demagogue

Ben Buchanan’s “The Hacker and the State” (2020) is an instructive introduction to cyberwarfare, yet his characterization of cyber tactics as ineffective at signaling a nation’s intent and resolve is unpersuasive

The UK’s new Labour government is already sacrificing Western security interests for the sake of eliminating any last vestiges of the British Empire

Robert Kagan’s new book mistakenly argues that everything bad in America comes from religion and everything good from the Enlightenment

Calls for America to behave more self-interestedly belie that the definition of national self-interest always depends on a nation’s conception of the Good