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

Although the threats to the American-led world order are linked at a strategic level, dealing with each successfully requires different regional tactics.

Paul Miller discusses American leadership, Christian realism, and the just war tradition. The following is a transcript of the lecture….

The world still requires order, and that still requires sacrifice. Many now believe we can have world order, peace, stability, and prosperity on the cheap. We can coast merely on soft power (Democrats) or by promoting national interests (Republicans) without the hard work and heavy lifting required to actually maintain that order, whether through diplomacy or hard power.

We believe it is our responsibility to speak out at this time in order to provide a much-needed corrective to the current foreign policy debate.