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
Thinking the Unthinkable Appeasement and deterrence in a nuclear age. Steve Salerno 1 Feb 2024 · 14 min read
Chronicle of a War, 20 Years On The case for removing the worst of the Arab prison states looks more justifiable than ever, even as the blunders involved in its execution look even more unpardonable. Brian Stewart 19 Mar 2023 · 17 min read
America Must Not Abandon Europe The United States retains the capacity to defend the liberal order on both sides of Eurasia. Brian Stewart 14 Jul 2022 · 6 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 Putin’s recent invasion of Ukraine on NATO’s “imperialist expansionism,” many policymakers and journalists on both sides of the political spectrum lambasted the organization for its half-hearted Niranjan Shankar 6 May 2022 · 15 min read
Fulton and the Case Against Normalcy A long-ago speech by a foreign dignitary may hold the key to recovering some lost wisdom about how America came into this role in the first place. Brian Stewart 23 Mar 2021 · 11 min read
The Iraq War Was Not About Oil American oil companies didn’t want to topple Saddam Hussein; they wanted to trade with him. Tal Tyagi 6 May 2019 · 11 min read
The Fragility of the Liberal World Order For Kagan, the architects of the post-war order sought to wed America’s new-found superpower to the construction of a world order that reflected the domestic values of America itself: a liberal international order. Doug Stokes 23 Sep 2018 · 9 min read
Western Leaders Can No Longer Ignore Saudi Atrocities Western leaders who claim to be progressive, compassionate or 'feminist' are placed in awkward situations when the atrocities of their ally are broadcast on a weekly, almost daily basis. Claire Lehmann 4 Nov 2015 · 4 min read
