Empathy for the Devil: The Fantasy of ‘Progressive Realism’ Realists may believe international relations is all about mindless forces balancing and smashing into each other, but it’s actually about ideology, institutions, history, and the personalities of human beings. Matt Johnson 30 Jul 2024 · 20 min read
Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism If you insist that the Jewish state is the only one that should not be allowed to defend itself against terrorist attacks, you are probably an antisemite. David Benatar 30 Jul 2024 · 9 min read
Trouble in Outer Manchuria As Moscow’s dependence on Beijing grows, the CCP has set its sights on the Russian Far East. Aaron Sarin 29 Jul 2024 · 9 min read
The Feckless Lebanese State American money and goodwill cannot fix a state when its own people refuse to make the sacrifices necessary to establish and defend effective, efficient, and responsible governance. Eric Bordenkircher 28 Jul 2024 · 8 min read
The Puzzle of Generational Politics Disenchantment is leading younger generations to embrace a politics marked by anger and alienation. Joel Kotkin 26 Jul 2024 · 11 min read
The German Left’s Jewish Dilemma Many German leftists, mindful of the country’s past, still support Israel. But they risk being outnumbered by antisemitic Muslim immigrants and by decolonialist radicals. Gerfried Ambrosch 25 Jul 2024 · 11 min read
The Return of Right-Wing Cancel Culture It is dispiriting to watch some of the staunchest critics of woke politics engaging in their own brand of cancel culture. Josh Allan 25 Jul 2024 · 6 min read
Podcast #244 : Language vs Reality with Nick Enfield Iona Italia interviews linguistic anthropologist Nick Enfield about why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists. Quillette 24 Jul 2024 · 37 min read
Texas Porn Star Massacres Ti West’s clever and original ‘X’ trilogy is elevated postmodern horror at its finest and its director’s best work to date. Allan Stratton 24 Jul 2024 · 12 min read
Rereading Philip Roth Today Roth’s early works portray Jewish characters who are fearful of antisemitism in America as paranoid. He later changed his mind—and so have I. Peter C. Herman 23 Jul 2024 · 12 min read
Life in China’s Crosshairs For the Taiwanese, independence is not just a matter of national pride, it is a requisite for their dignity and their right to choose their own civilisational path. Liam Hunt 23 Jul 2024 · 9 min read
