American Politics

Dear Americans: Your Politics Don’t Have to Be This Toxic

America’s narrowing two-party system is poisoning the greatest democracy in the world.

Stephan Jensen

6 Jul 2022 · 18 min read

The Hard Left and Populist Right Agree on All the Wrong Things

The ideas that unite the hard Left and the populist Right against the West itself are the same ones that make them both so excited about the culture wars.

Stephan Jensen

13 May 2022 · 8 min read

The Tragedy of American Diplomacy: A Rebuttal

Williams, W. A. (1962). The Tragedy of American Diplomacy. New York: Dell Pub. Co. When the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) pinned [https://www.dsausa.org/statements/on-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/] Putin’s recent invasion of Ukraine on NATO’s “imperialist expansionism,” many policymakers and journalists on both sides [https://www.nytimes.com/

Niranjan Shankar

6 May 2022 · 15 min read

Ukrainians Are Nobody’s Pawns

Conservative anti-interventionists buy into an authoritarian narrative that ignores the clear choices made by the people of Ukraine.

Robert Tracinski

19 Apr 2022 · 8 min read

To Fight Wokeness, the GOP Should Embrace Immigrant Voters

The rise of ultra-progressive ideologies and the decline in patriotic sentiment are two broad cultural trends that worry American conservatives. Some may be tempted to imagine that these two phenomena are connected to immigration and the resulting ethnic and racial diversity—especially since opposition to immigration is common among conservatives

Alex Nowrasteh

11 Feb 2022 · 7 min read

Outback Australia and the Information Wars

Dear Americans: Your Politics Don’t Have to Be This Toxic

The Hard Left and Populist Right Agree on All the Wrong Things

The Tragedy of American Diplomacy: A Rebuttal

Ukrainians Are Nobody’s Pawns

To Fight Wokeness, the GOP Should Embrace Immigrant Voters

Outback Australia and the Information Wars

Work or Welfare?

George Floyd and the Rise of the Rival Constitution

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