A New Middle East?
Israel’s humiliation of Iran may have changed the region.
Brian Stewart
Brian Stewart is a New York-based political writer primarily focused on US foreign and defense policy.
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Know Thine Enemy
An insider’s naive and myopic account of China’s system and intentions.
Victims of Realism
Alexander Vindman’s bracing new book argues that Ukraine has been made to suffer the consequences of Western naivety and restraint.
Fatuous Moral Humility
The pope is not a source of ethical wisdom.
Hamilton and the Left
Consigned to the political wilderness, progressives and left-liberals could do a lot worse than shed their disdain for patriotism.
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered
Exceptionalism is a double-edged sword, which cuts those blind to America’s flaws and those blind to its virtues.
Tyranny Is Not What It Used to Be
In her new book, ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ historian Anne Applebaum provides us with a distinctive and indispensable guide to one of the great challenges of our time.
The Weak Horse
Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power.
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.
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.
A Measure of Justice in Beirut
The decapitation of Lebanese Hezbollah is a cause for celebration well beyond the borders of Israel.
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.