Politics - Quillette

China’s Autoimmune Disorder

China is now turning its rage inward.

Aaron Sarin

5 Jan 2025 · 6 min read

Ahmed Al-Shara is a bearded pale-skinned man. He is speaking into a telephone, wearing army fatigues.

Syria and the Changing Global Calculus

Iran and Russia have suffered serious setbacks over the past year, but grave dangers remain.

Joshua Muravchik

31 Dec 2024 · 19 min read

A giant puppet dinosaur is dead, representing the death of Germany's nuclear power plants.

Green Acceleration

It is time to take environmentalism away from the environmentalists.

Craig DeLancey

23 Dec 2024 · 7 min read

Daniel Penny is a tall man in his 30s, with curly blonde hair. He is getting out of a car, wearing a suit.

The Trial of Daniel Penny

Perhaps the most damaging aspect of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s racial-equity regime has been the perception of racial unfairness it created in one of America’s most racially diverse cities.

Eli Steele

17 Dec 2024 · 17 min read

Mario Draghi is a middle-aged Italian man with glasses.

Fragile Europe, On Its Own

European leaders are struggling to cope with the multiple crises now facing the beleaguered continent.

John Lloyd

16 Dec 2024 · 8 min read

Putin and Xinping, composite image, in grey suits, with Russian and Chinese flags, colourised.

Tyranny Is Not What It Used to Be

In her new book, ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ historian Anne Applebaum provides us with a distinctive and indispensable guide to one of the great challenges of our time.

Brian Stewart

16 Dec 2024 · 8 min read

A Very American Madness

America is not fallen; it is simply given to periodic bouts of insanity. The patient is tiresome; the patient is ridiculous; but the patient is stable.

Ronald W. Dworkin

12 Dec 2024 · 17 min read

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a middle-aged black man in a suit with the Dome of the Rock in the background.

Oversimplify and Vilify

‘The Message’ is a lopsided, unserious, and frequently embarrassing essay, the real target of which is the very existence of Israel.

Mark Horowitz

11 Dec 2024 · 12 min read

Are Board Gender Quotas a Good Idea?

The more we try to limit freedom in the interests of desirable social change, the less effective we will be in the long run, and the greater the number of additional problems we create.

Silvia G. Poratelli

9 Dec 2024 · 8 min read

The Recline of the West

Since the 18th century, the very process of innovation was uniquely institutionalised in the West. That is now precisely what is being globalised.

Lawrence Cahoone

6 Dec 2024 · 18 min read

RFK Jr. is an elderly white man with ruddy skin and blue eyes. He is speaking at a podium, wearing a suit.

Sanitising a Paranoid Crank

Misleading and irresponsible journalism is being used to launder the reputation of RFK Jr.

Matt Johnson

3 Dec 2024 · 10 min read

A statue of a horse with a man riding it is climbed by rebels flying a white and green flag.

The Weak Horse

Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power.

Brian Stewart

3 Dec 2024 · 8 min read

A collage of Trump, Nixon, and Kissinger.

The Return of Realpolitik

Some leaders in Europe may resist a new alliance with Trump’s America, but in a world dominated by bullies, sharp elbows and unpredictability may be what the times demand.