Foreign Affairs - Quillette

Older woman being carried on the back of a young man, with the assistance of two other men.

Life in China’s Crosshairs

For the Taiwanese, independence is not just a matter of national pride, it is a requisite for their dignity and their right to choose their own civilisational path.

Liam Hunt

23 Jul 2024 · 9 min read

A burnt home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. A sign reads "Ofir Shoshani was brutally murdered in this house."

An Interrupted Genocide

The widespread reluctance to describe the atrocities of 7 October correctly is an impediment to peace.

Jeffrey Herf

18 Jul 2024 · 11 min read

Free Tibet protestors in colourful costumes hold up signs

The War Against Truth

It has long been a cliché that China is inscrutable to foreigners, but it is also becoming inscrutable to itself.

Aaron Sarin

26 Jun 2024 · 9 min read

The Quincy Institute’s Middle East Fantasies

The positions adopted by the think tank’s scholars during the war in Gaza are illustrative of its overall Middle East agenda: appease Iran and demonise Israel.

Leon Hadar

20 Jun 2024 · 15 min read

Nicholas D. Kristof speaking. World Economic Forum in the background.

Vapid Antiwar-ism

Since 7 October, Nicholas Kristof has produced a torrent of outraged testimony that betrays a refusal to grapple with the world as it is.

Brian Stewart

13 Jun 2024 · 9 min read

Chinese citizens at a rally in London. One holds a sign saying "ONE NATION ONE CHINA."

Britain’s Golden Slumber

The British establishment’s China policy resembles a man periodically waking only to fall asleep again.

Aaron Sarin

30 May 2024 · 11 min read

A woman and two men, in suits, at a podium.

The Politicisation of International Justice

A dissection of the ICC’s warrant application reveals that obvious liberties have been taken with the truth.

Norman J.W. Goda

29 May 2024 · 11 min read

John Mearsheimer looks worried in front of Israeli and US flags.

The Limits of ‘The Israel Lobby’

Mearsheimer and Walt still don’t understand American support for Israel.

Matt Johnson

29 May 2024 · 25 min read

A poor-looking woman in a field in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province.

The Great Divide

As CCP corruption and waste has run rampant, the gulf between rich and poor has widened.

Aaron Sarin

27 Apr 2024 · 9 min read

Wilber Aguilar Bravo displaying the symbol for Libertad (Freedom)

Cuba’s Imprisoned Truth

An interview with the father of Cuban political prisoner Walnier Luis Aguilar Rivera.

Justo Antonio Triana

11 Apr 2024 · 11 min read

A young Chinese woman stands in front of a display of red lanterns

Return of the Fortune Tellers

Wary of the Abrahamic faiths and increasingly contemptuous of Karl Marx’s alternative, young Chinese are drawn instead to tarot, divination, healers, and mediums.

Aaron Sarin

26 Mar 2024 · 8 min read