First World War (WWI)

Mutual Disarmament Treaties Are a Losing Game

The idea of mutual-disarmament has been discredited by history and should not be embraced in today’s geopolitical environment

Ukraine, Just War & Success

Current U.S. policy of pressure only on Ukraine makes just peace unlikely

No, Churchill Did Not Instigate WWII Against Hitler

Despite historian Darryl Cooper’s recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Hitler and the Nazis were unquestionably the real culprits behind the Second World War

Learning from Lawrence of Arabia on His 136th Birthday

On the 136th birthday of T.E. Lawrence, American foreign policy has much to learn from one of Britain’s greatest heroes

NATO’s Future is Churchillian, Not Wilsonian

The future of NATO must be defined by Churchillian realism and not Wilsonian idealism

Joseph Loconte Christianity & National Security 2023

Joseph Loconte’s lecture at Christianity & National Security 2023. Joseph Loconte discusses C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and their perspectives on…

Lausanne and the Future of Syriac Christians in Turkey

In Defense of Christians’ Richard Ghazal speaks on Syriac Christians in Turkey

The Fatal Logic of Encirclement

The strategic anxiety of encirclement has driven great-power policy for centuries; Russia and China represent the modern version of this classic security dilemma.

America’s Eagle Bears Two Talons: John F. Kennedy

President Kennedy understood the need to counter America’s enemies without precipitating WWIII.