morality

How Long Can Indonesia Stay Neutral Amid Chinese Aggression?

Indonesia has long sought to balance its desire for Chinese investment with its need to defend its sovereignty, but as China’s aggression in the South China Sea increases, Indonesia is at a crossroads.

The United States Remains Deservedly Popular Abroad

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

“Something Dangerous and Threatening to Virtue:” Abolitionism and British Nationalism

The solidification of British national identity around Protestant piety, liberty, empire, and commerce played a significant yet under-discussed role in abolishing slavery

The Joker Redemption: A Critical Reappraisal

Though “Joker: Folie à Deux” was negatively received, audiences would do well to reconsider the deeply spiritual elements of the film

Was St. Paul a Christian Realist?

Romans 13 is often thought of as a key passage in political theology, but how should it be applied to international relations?

Civilizational Ethics Precede National Self-Interest

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

Rising Individualism, Declining Western Civilization

Tory MP Danny Kruger sketches a philosophy of history that laments the West’s lost sense of deep community without romanticizing the past

Machiavelli, Col. Jessup and the Leaders We Need

Col. Jessup and Machiavelli agree: sometimes, you need to stop moralizing and do what needs to be done for the sake of national self-preservation

Why Liberals Lose 

While the policies of liberals may be effective, they fail to articulate a strong moral vision