Lessons for Western Militaries from the Gaza War Israelâs experience in Gaza provides a sobering preview of what high-intensity urban warfare can entail, and how modern militaries must evolve to achieve decisive and ethical victories in any future conflict. Andrew Fox 16 Mar 2025 · 22 min read
The MAGA War on Ukraine Why does so much of the US Right hate a country valiantly resisting a war of aggression? Cathy Young 14 Mar 2025 · 13 min read
The Political Foundations of the DOGE Scam The Trump/Musk administrationâs approach to cutting costs makes good political sense in the short-run. But from a longer-run governing perspective, it is a recipe for disaster. R. Shep Melnick 11 Mar 2025 · 7 min read
The World Trump Is Building The strong will do what they can and the weak will suffer what they must. Matt Johnson 8 Mar 2025 · 12 min read
Making the World Safe for Autocracy Forced to choose between the values upheld by the National Endowment for Democracy and fealty to Donald Trump, Republicans have opted for the latter. Ronald Radosh 8 Mar 2025 · 15 min read
The Unending Search for Racism The debate about Rickard Anderssonâs killing spree has been informed by an unhealthy discourse about race and immigration in Sweden. Dan Korn 6 Mar 2025 · 7 min read
Antiscientific Vandalism Musk and Trump are inflicting catastrophic damage on biomedical research. Evan D Morris 3 Mar 2025 · 6 min read
The End of NATO, or The Sixth Impossible Thing The Trump administration has liquidated the postwar international order. Adam Garfinkle 1 Mar 2025 · 20 min read
Ukraineâs Terrible Choice After three punishing years of war, the Trump administration is preparing to reduce a ravaged country to the status of US protectorate. John Lloyd 25 Feb 2025 · 16 min read
From Imperium to Expansionism Donald Trump is often described as an imperialist and an expansionist and these terms are usually used interchangeably. Neither of these descriptions is meant to be flattering, but the larger problem is that they are imprecise. Ronald W. Dworkin 24 Feb 2025 · 13 min read
A Kinder, Gentler Eliminationism Peter Beinart has responded to the 7 October massacre and subsequent Gaza war with a deeply duplicitous book. Susie Linfield 19 Feb 2025 · 18 min read
How Hong Kongâs Struggle Came to Britain Conflict is brewing between Hongkongers who have made the UK their home and a Communist Party that wants to make the UK its vassal. Aaron Sarin 13 Feb 2025 · 8 min read
The Evisceration of Hong Kong From laissez-faire to lèse-majestĂŠ: an embarrassment in four fits. Geoff Privisant 11 Feb 2025 · 13 min read
Information Warfare: Why America Needs a Deterrence Strategy Humankindâs propensity to believe convenient fiction is as old and strong as our propensity for war. The United States needs to adopt a pragmatic deterrence strategy. Gary Geipel 11 Feb 2025 · 6 min read
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered Exceptionalism is a double-edged sword, which cuts those blind to Americaâs flaws and those blind to its virtues. Brian Stewart 10 Feb 2025 · 7 min read
