In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud Biden, Putin, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Robin Ashenden 25 Oct 2022 · 15 min read
A Strange and Brutal Country Adam Curtis’s new BBC series provides a unique insight into Russia’s late-twentieth-century collapse. Christopher J. Snowdon 24 Oct 2022 · 6 min read
Defying Russia’s Despot Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s new book offers a profile in courage. John Lloyd 20 Oct 2022 · 9 min read
Three Paths to Despotism To halt the rise of authoritarianism, liberal democracies must restore hope of economic improvement, particularly among the young. Joel Kotkin 8 Oct 2022 · 14 min read
Reckon with This We cannot rethink history to console those it embarrasses. George Case 8 Oct 2022 · 8 min read
Robert Trivers and the Riddle of Evolved Altruism Survival of the fittest versus compassion and cooperation in evolutionary theory and politics. Daniel Kriegman 7 Oct 2022 · 24 min read
The Great Cover-Up Islamists used a religious lie to crush Mahsa Amini, but women can win this war. Asra Q. Nomani 30 Sep 2022 · 8 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
Prepare for Turbulence Meloni remains bound into a loveless union with Europe, but she is unlikely to be a model prisoner. John Lloyd 28 Sep 2022 · 7 min read
Anything-and-Everything Socialism Identity politics redirects radical energy away from the elites who promote it—a point illustrated by the 2022 Socialism Conference with rare clarity. Sohale Andrus Mortazavi 27 Sep 2022 · 10 min read
China in the Age of Surveillance China’s security apparatus may not be able to see into the minds of the people, but it can make their lives a misery in the attempt. Aaron Sarin 25 Sep 2022 · 10 min read
Should the GOP Continue to Embrace Populism? Two Responses Quillette readers Joe Benning and Charles N.W. Keckler give their responses. Quillette 21 Sep 2022 · 7 min read
Child Welfare Is Becoming a Joke The field is mired in risible theory and impenetrable jargon, and increasingly divorced from concern with the welfare of children. Naomi Schaefer Riley 16 Sep 2022 · 5 min read
Never Apologize for Trying to Tell the Truth Those who repress inconvenient facts or produce fictitious evidence to nourish a politically convenient story are simply not historians. Jeffrey Herf 13 Sep 2022 · 7 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
