Why AUKUS Matters The deal is a belated response to the Chinese Communist Party’s mushrooming belligerence. Aaron Sarin 20 Mar 2023 · 11 min read
The Nature of the Beast Too many Western politicians continue to delude themselves about the character of Beijing’s regime. Aaron Sarin 1 Mar 2023 · 10 min read
The Ukrainian Year Ukraine has been instrumental in restoring a focus on what matters to the people and elected leaders of the West. Jesse Inman 26 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
Ukraine’s Verdun Attritional trench warfare and the terrible logic of the sunk cost return to Europe. Robert Zaretsky 17 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
Mearsheimer: Rigor or Reaction? What John J. Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine, international affairs, and much else besides. Matt Johnson 15 Feb 2023 · 21 min read
The White Paper Revolution China’s population has learned that its voice has real power. Aaron Sarin 21 Dec 2022 · 13 min read
Misremembering the Korean War The profound difference in quality of life on opposing sides of the 38th parallel today offers a rebuke to those who portray the US-led intervention in Korea as immoral or futile. Niranjan Shankar 29 Nov 2022 · 15 min read
Will It Be Different This Time? It is starting to look like a question of when, not if, the Islamic Republic of Iran will fall. Brian Stewart 19 Nov 2022 · 9 min read
A Single Spark In the age of the Internet, can the Sitong Bridge Warrior’s protest make a difference? Aaron Sarin 26 Oct 2022 · 5 min read
In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud Biden, Putin, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Robin Ashenden 25 Oct 2022 · 15 min read
Red Letter Day How an unknown teacher from Leningrad took on Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev—and ultimately won. Robin Ashenden 29 Sep 2022 · 12 min read
What the Left Keeps Getting Wrong About Ukraine Vapid bromides about peace and negotiation are no substitute for policy and a frank acknowledgement of Russia’s responsibility for the conflict. Matt Johnson 9 Sep 2022 · 9 min read
Idealist and Idiot Gorbachev’s legacy is partly to blame for the tyranny into which Russia has since slumped. John Lloyd 2 Sep 2022 · 9 min read
Lydia and the Vlads An Estonian’s changing relationship with Russia. Robin Ashenden 26 Aug 2022 · 11 min read