A Justified Assassination
In this week’s column, I reflect on the death of Ayatollah Khamenei—and why it may be a moment for cautious celebration.
Iona Italia
· 6 min read
Donald Trump
A collection of 99 posts
Toppling a Tyrant
The assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei has opened a narrow window for regime change in Tehran.
Benny Morris
· 12 min read
An Hour of Reckoning
Iran has never been weaker and America has never been more poorly led.
Brian Stewart
· 7 min read
After Trump’s Iran Decision
The real dilemma is not between war and negotiation. It is between episodic action and sustained architecture.
Allen Zeesman
· 6 min read
Trump’s Iranian Dilemma
President Donald Trump must choose between a military strike on Iran, whose consequences no one can predict, and a deal that would leave the Islamic Republic still able to attack its own citizens, menace Israel, and export terrorism worldwide.
Benny Morris
· 10 min read
Populism’s Self-Defeating Trap
Populist rhetoric is exceptionally effective for pursuing and gaining power, but it provides no program for the complexities of actual governance.
Tomislav Kardum
· 7 min read
American Liberalism and Illiberalism
Americans who may have ferocious disagreements about the size of government, foreign policy, and a wide range of other issues must find a way to unite around their shared commitment to the liberal idea.
Matt Johnson
· 15 min read
Europe Needs a New Alliance
Trump’s threat to annex Greenland has revealed the shakiness of America’s commitment to NATO. Europe urgently needs to create its own alternative.
Stephan Jensen
· 8 min read
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.
Brian Stewart
· 10 min read
Who Got the Camera?
The right-wing response to recent events in Minneapolis indicates that MAGA conservatives are determined to repeat the mistakes made by Daryl Gates 35 years ago.
Dilan Esper
· 6 min read
Getting to Denmark
Greenland and the erosion of deep literacy.
Adam Garfinkle
· 13 min read
Risky, Costly, and Extremely Cold
Any invasion of Greenland would be a logistical nightmare with no economic upside.
Sean Welsh
· 9 min read
Fixing Central Bank Politicisation
Trump’s assault on the Federal Reserve demands a structural solution: rules-based monetary policy that protects central bank independence whilst delivering better economic results.
Jai Kedia
· 8 min read
Stormclouds Over the Capitol
Mary Clare Jalonick’s oral history of the 6 January riot is an important corrective to the second Trump administration’s vandalism of the historical record.
Ron Capshaw
· 7 min read
Atlas No More
It is difficult to overstate just how reactionary Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is.
Brian Stewart
· 24 min read