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Brian Stewart
Brian Stewart is a New York-based political writer primarily focused on US foreign and defense policy.
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NATO Is an Alliance, Not a Protection Racket
Even if unsuccessful, Donald Trump’s aggressive campaign to acquire Greenland threatens to undermine America’s reputation as a champion of western security, freedom, and co-operation.
Francesca Albanese’s Campaign Against Israel
The UN Rapporteur’s latest report channels a single-minded contempt for the Jewish state.
Atlas No More
It is difficult to overstate just how reactionary Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is.
Ignorance and Indignation
Obama veterans never understood the Middle East, and they never will.
Power and Its Malcontents
Shadi Hamid has an uneasy conscience, and he doesn’t yet know what to do with it.
David’s Unholstered Sling
Lessons from 7 October and the 2023–25 war.
The Good War No More
Jon Lee Anderson’s powerful new book on Afghanistan reminds us that the justness of a cause is no guarantee of its success.
The Multipolarity Mirage
What realists like Emma Ashford deride as America’s “reactionary defence of the status quo” is in fact a prudent effort to preserve a world order of unparalleled value.
The Deformist Tendency
A new book presents a cogent diagnosis of the ills plaguing American society, but also reactionary prescriptions for ameliorating them.
American Power in an Embattled World Order
If the stewards of American power wish to act effectively and preserve the liberal order in this dangerous new era, they will have to act with the self-confidence of the just man armed.
Deprograming Patriotism
‘The Technological Republic’ is a searching indictment of a culture that has lost sight of its metaphysical horizons and now seeks an escape from history.