Brian Stewart - Quillette

A statue of a horse with a man riding it is climbed by rebels flying a white and green flag.

The Weak Horse

Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power.

Brian Stewart

3 Dec 2024 · 8 min read

American flags fly in New York, at night. They are lit up.

Twilight of the American Century

The people may have spoken, but the options with which they were presented were not befitting of a serious country.

Brian Stewart

7 Nov 2024 · 7 min read

Jihadis with blurred faces and masks holding up one finger in front of the ISIS flag.

The Return of the Black Flags

The conditions that first produced ISIS have been left to fester as part of a wider malign neglect toward the Muslim Middle East in the aftermath of the Iraq war.

Brian Stewart

10 Oct 2024 · 7 min read

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, dressed in black with a black headcovering and grey beard.

A Measure of Justice in Beirut

The decapitation of Lebanese Hezbollah is a cause for celebration well beyond the borders of Israel.

Brian Stewart

30 Sep 2024 · 8 min read

A New Phase in the War

The notion that Ukraine is a hopeless cause has been dramatically refuted by the audacious incursion into the Kursk Oblast.

Brian Stewart

24 Aug 2024 · 7 min read

United States President Joe Biden applauds while standing in front of a sign calling for the release of Evan Gershkovich

A Devil of a Deal

Putin will rejoice at this prisoner exchange, secure in the knowledge that hostage-taking has not yet reached the point of diminishing returns.

Brian Stewart

2 Aug 2024 · 6 min read

Police snipers on a roof during Donald Trump’s campaign event in Pennsylvania on 13 July 2024.

A Wretched Situation

The failure of the Secret Service to provide adequate protection to a standard-bearer for one of the major parties is the latest example of American breakdown.

Brian Stewart

16 Jul 2024 · 6 min read

Julian Assange looks out the window of an aeroplane. You can see his reflection mirrored in the window.

The Travesty of the Assange Plea Deal

The complacency of American liberalism has been demonstrated yet again in its inability, or unwillingness, to guard the national interest.

Brian Stewart

28 Jun 2024 · 7 min read

Nicholas D. Kristof speaking. World Economic Forum in the background.

Vapid Antiwar-ism

Since 7 October, Nicholas Kristof has produced a torrent of outraged testimony that betrays a refusal to grapple with the world as it is.

Brian Stewart

13 Jun 2024 · 9 min read

Unilateral Illiberalism

Tucker Carlson’s fawning interview with Vladimir Putin shows that he will never pose a threat to despotism.

Brian Stewart

7 Mar 2024 · 8 min read

Broken Covenant

Will Democrats abandon Biden over Israel?

Brian Stewart

28 Feb 2024 · 7 min read

A Revolution on Race?

With ‘The End of Race Politics,’ Coleman Hughes enters the ranks of the most mature and sophisticated analysts of the all-American skin game.

Brian Stewart

21 Feb 2024 · 8 min read

Kissinger’s Folly

In its cold materialist outlook, Realism fails to recognize that every nation has a unique set of interests shaped by its own history, geography, and beliefs.

Brian Stewart

13 Dec 2023 · 16 min read

An End to the Mirage

Republicans and Democrats have both learned the wrong lessons from Iraq.

Brian Stewart

23 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

Shadows No More

A new book examines Israel’s mounting campaign to check Iran.

Brian Stewart

25 Oct 2023 · 7 min read