Ukraine

Iran War: Suez or Saigon?

Neutralizing Iran’s dictatorship was in theory a noble cause.

What ‘America First’ Means for Ukraine and Europe 

Trump’s pivot to apparently full-throated support for Ukraine underscores a core principle of his “America First” doctrine: non-ideological flexibility in pursuit of U.S. national security objectives

Ukraine: Stalemate or Justice? 

Christian realists must hold in tension that justice requires returning Ukraine to its pre-invasion borders, but that this may prove to be impossible

The False Dichotomy Between Supporting Ukraine and Taiwan

Despite arguments that the US must prioritize Taiwan over Ukraine, the truth is that if the latter falls, the former will soon be next

Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb Was Smart, Not Reckless

Ukraine will do what any sovereign nation will do.

Losing Taiwan Would End US Hegemony – Losing Eastern Ukraine Would Not

While our European allies remain important, the U.S. must refocus on deterring China given the CCP’s efforts to reshape the global economy in its favor, including Europe

How Conservatives Learned to Love the Soviet Union

The right-wing embrace of Vladimir Putin as a dictator and enemy of the freedoms Americans hold dear is a stunning rebuke to decades of struggle against Soviet tyranny

Why Putin Will Never Give Up Kyiv, with or without a Trump-Brokered Deal

Putin invaded Ukraine not out of any material reason like economic interest or force projection, but of the spiritual conviction that Russia cannot be whole without Kyiv

Revisiting the Push for Peace in Ukraine

Harry Truman sought to end the Korean War years before it settled into a bloody stalemate characterized by attritional warfare. Could Trump be attempting something similar with Ukraine?