Dear Reader, We have a tremendous depth and breadth of articles for you to peruse this week. Of course, Ukraine dominates our attention, as it does most of the world. Paying subscribers can access the Quillette editorial on the invasion, Shmuel Bar provides extensive analysis of geopolitical strategy, Alexey Muraviev
Dear Readers, We have several articles for you on the Ukraine war, one from Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger on the centrality of energy policy, one from Harold James on the ideology of imperialism, one from Iryna Vushko who gives a historical account of her homeland, and Eric Clifford Graf
Dear Readers, The world that existed last week no longer exists. Shocked by Russian aggression, the Western world has rallied to Ukraine's defence, spurred on by images shared widely on social media of Ukrainian courage and the heroism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The entire EU, US, UK,
Dear Readers, As I compile the articles for this week’s newsletter, Russian tanks have entered Donbas. Appearing on Russian television, Putin addressed his nation arguing that "Ukraine [has] never had a tradition of genuine statehood," justifying the invasion. Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky has stoically called for
Dear Reader, This week's dispatch focuses on the unfolding situation in Eastern Europe. We have three pieces for you on the subject, one from Chris Miller, a Grand Strategy expert, analysing Putin's strategic intentions in What Putin Really Wants, another from regular Quillette contributor, Brian Stewart,
A big welcome to all our new subscribers! Our most popular articles this week were an essay by anti-war leftist Stuart Parker on Canada's Trucker Convoy, David Benatar on the disturbing decline of the world's most progressive university, and Jared Marcel Pollan's exquisite
Dear Readers, We have an eclectic range of pieces in store for you this week. If you're after an engrossing long-read, S. Stiles's harrowing narrative of her son’s battle with encephalitis—chronically misdiagnosed as autism—is not to be missed. We also have essays
Dear Quilletters, We have some absorbing new pieces for the contemplative reader. First peruse Marilyn Simon on Joel Coen’s adaptation of Macbeth, then Herman Goodden on James Joyce, and then for a side track, Adam Zivo on Cineforum, the coolest Toronto-based “indie” theater you’ve never heard of.
As another pandemic year draws to a close, it's time for my annual Christmas message. It has been difficult to write this year as many of us are impacted by Covid in one way or another, or are suffering with the exhaustion of prolonged uncertainty. In testing times
Dear Quilletters, This week, Maria Vivod brings us a visceral portrait of Yugoslavia on the 30th anniversary of its demise. Our new Associate Editor, Scott Newman, reflects on his time at Princeton and provides a sharp critique of the elite college treadmill. On our podcast, Jon Kay sits down with
Dear Readers, This week, we’re proud to present British historian Andrew Roberts on the decline and fall of American imperium, the sociopolitical effects of this hegemonic reconfiguring, and whether the fall of the United States is, indeed, inevitable. In addition, we have Joel Kotkin on the importance of work,
Dear Quilletters, This week we’re pleased to bring you some unique pieces on fascinating topics. Along with law professor Doriane Coleman, 18-time Grand Slam winner Martina Navratilova offers us a critique of the International Olympic Committee's new rules for female competition in elite sport. Psychiatrist Sally
