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 · 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 · 6 min read
Israel’s New Reality In these dire circumstances, deterrence will only be restored with overwhelming force. Brian Stewart 12 Oct 2023 · 5 min read
A Country in the Making Sean Penn’s surprising new documentary explores “extreme history” in war-torn Ukraine. Brian Stewart 29 Sep 2023 · 6 min read
Chronicle of a War, 20 Years On The case for removing the worst of the Arab prison states looks more justifiable than ever, even as the blunders involved in its execution look even more unpardonable. Brian Stewart 19 Mar 2023 · 17 min read
Will It Be Different This Time? It is starting to look like a question of when, not if, the Islamic Republic of Iran will fall. Brian Stewart 19 Nov 2022 · 9 min read
Death From Above Ayman al-Zawahiri’s reign of pious terror is now over. Brian Stewart 4 Aug 2022 · 6 min read
America Must Not Abandon Europe The United States retains the capacity to defend the liberal order on both sides of Eurasia. Brian Stewart 14 Jul 2022 · 5 min read
Pacifism and Papal Fallibility The Pope is a perverse sort of pacifist, not a man of peace. Brian Stewart 20 May 2022 · 7 min read
Revolution Betrayed A review of The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism [https://www.amazon.com/Right-Hundred-Year-War-American-Conservatism/dp/1541600509] by Matthew Continetti, Basic Books, 496 pages (April 2022) “So inevitable and yet so completely unforeseen” was Alexis de Tocqueville’s verdict on the French Revolution. Much the same can be said Brian Stewart 4 May 2022 · 15 min read