A new book explores the dynamic relationship between presidential rhetoric on foreign policy and the goals America seeks to accomplish abroad
Robert C. RowlandJanuary 14, 2025
Westerners must reckon with the fact that Islamic terrorists are not outliers but instead have broad support across the global Muslim community
Robert NicholsonSeptember 9, 2024
Knox Thames’ “Ending Persecution” is an important addition to the growing body of international religious liberty literature
Judd BirdsallSeptember 3, 2024
Although the Iraq War was long and costly, leaving Saddam Hussein in power would only have led to even worse outcomes
Simon MaassJune 13, 2024
Elbridge Colby’s lecture at Christianity & National Security 2023. Elbridge Colby discusses China, realist foreign policy goals, and the just…
Elbridge ColbyNovember 16, 2023
When discussing the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, it’s important to recall the circumstances that led to the conflict.
Alan DowdApril 3, 2023
“The Afghanistan Papers” by Craig Whitlock is modeled on the Pentagon Papers, which charged that the Johnson administration systematically lied to Congress and the public about the Vietnam War. This book makes the same charge against the Bush and Obama administrations.
Judith Mendelsohn RoodDecember 9, 2021
In her 2003 book Just War Against Terror, Jean Bethke Elshtain argued for a new paradigm for a just war: the fight against global terrorism, particularly terrorism perpetrated by followers of militant Islam. Twenty years after 9/11, this claim is due for revisiting.
Debra EricksonOctober 6, 2021