Is Venezuela About to Invade Guyana? Analysts are skeptical and Guyana is nervous. But history teaches us to pay attention when an unpopular despot starts to speak the language of irredentism. Juan P. Villasmil 7 Dec 2023 · 8 min read
The New Normal? Election results in the Netherlands and Argentina provide evidence of the vigour and variety of the New Right and its global reach. John Lloyd 27 Nov 2023 · 6 min read
The Return of the Progressive Atrocity It is the responsibility of Western activists to know who and what they support, and to separate themselves—openly and decisively—from programs and regimes that are predicated on violence and repression. Susie Linfield 18 Nov 2023 · 21 min read
Unrealistic Realism on Ukraine Moral relativism, and its equally dubious corollary of moral equivalence, too often mars contemporary Realists’ conceptions of political realities. Borys M. Kowalsky 14 Nov 2023 · 13 min read
Failing the Hamas Litmus Test The inflammatory Al-Ahli hospital hoax shows that much of the Western media remains compulsively addicted to dangerous and self-defeating war journalism. Richard Landes 25 Oct 2023 · 13 min read
Shadows No More A new book examines Israel’s mounting campaign to check Iran. Brian Stewart 25 Oct 2023 · 7 min read
The Gazan Gordian Knot Following a litany of failures, Israel must now contemplate a menu of bad options. Shmuel Bar 13 Oct 2023 · 14 min read
Israel’s New Reality In these dire circumstances, deterrence will only be restored with overwhelming force. Brian Stewart 12 Oct 2023 · 6 min read
The Ideology of Mass Murder Hamas and the origins of the October 7th attacks. Jeffrey Herf 10 Oct 2023 · 9 min read
China’s Manufactured Fukushima Panic The CCP has not missed an opportunity to inflame fears about its Japanese neighbor. Aaron Sarin 19 Sep 2023 · 10 min read
When Havel Met Biden Far from being a project of US imperialism, NATO expansion has been a process driven by small and vulnerable countries. Oscar Clarke 29 Aug 2023 · 7 min read
The Retreat from Moscow Prigozhin’s coup attempt raises a number of questions to which there are no reassuring answers. John Lloyd 27 Jun 2023 · 8 min read
World War Z A new book by historian Ian Garner investigates how the war in Ukraine is transforming Russia into a fascist society. John Lloyd 10 May 2023 · 10 min read
Beijing’s Campus Offensive Chinese-supported student groups in the West are being used to control discussion about China, censor critics, and lead protests against invited speakers Joshua Kurlantzick 6 Apr 2023 · 5 min read
Why AUKUS Matters The deal is a belated response to the Chinese Communist Party’s mushrooming belligerence. Aaron Sarin 20 Mar 2023 · 12 min read
