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A black and white image of a young Lt. Melvin J. Lasky in Germany.

Melvin Lasky: Diary of a Cold Warrior

Melvin Lasky was an indefatigable defender of the liberal spirit during the recovery of postwar Germany.

Oscar Clarke

19 Aug 2024 · 13 min read

The grave of Hamas’s top political leader Saleh Arouri. Gravestone, flowers, a picture of Arouri.

The Pros and Cons of Targeted Killing

By striking Shukur and Haniyeh in the capital cities of Lebanon and Iran respectively, Israel has sent Iran a humiliating and painful message.

Andrew Fox

12 Aug 2024 · 11 min read

Benjamin Netanyahu, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Karim Ahmad Khan, Winston Churchill

Double Effect and Human Rights in War

The flawed moral reasoning of the ICC’s panel of legal experts would have approved the arrests of Churchill and Eisenhower.

Nigel Biggar

11 Aug 2024 · 6 min read

Totems and Taboos

A cancelled academic has produced a fine new book about the threat posed by progressive pieties.

John Lloyd

6 Aug 2024 · 9 min read

America’s Last Great Political Novel

In anticipation of the Democrats’ Convention in Chicago, a look back at Joe Klein’s splendid 1996 novel ‘Primary Colors’—a fascinating snapshot of Democratic Party politics at the end of the 20th century.

Kevin Mims

6 Aug 2024 · 22 min read

Maria Corina Machado and allies standing on a truck above a crowd of supporters. She is holding a Venezuelan flag.

Is De-Chávezification Underway in Venezuela at Last?

Venezuelans have had enough of Chavismo, and in Maria Corina Machado, they finally have an ideological alternative.

Juan P. Villasmil

4 Aug 2024 · 7 min read

United States President Joe Biden applauds while standing in front of a sign calling for the release of Evan Gershkovich

A Devil of a Deal

Putin will rejoice at this prisoner exchange, secure in the knowledge that hostage-taking has not yet reached the point of diminishing returns.

Brian Stewart

2 Aug 2024 · 6 min read

The Feckless Lebanese State

American money and goodwill cannot fix a state when its own people refuse to make the sacrifices necessary to establish and defend effective, efficient, and responsible governance.

Eric Bordenkircher

28 Jul 2024 · 8 min read

Young female pro-remain protesters carrying poster saying "You stole our future from us" as part of protests against Brexit

The Puzzle of Generational Politics

Disenchantment is leading younger generations to embrace a politics marked by anger and alienation.

Joel Kotkin

26 Jul 2024 · 11 min read

Older woman being carried on the back of a young man, with the assistance of two other men.

Life in China’s Crosshairs

For the Taiwanese, independence is not just a matter of national pride, it is a requisite for their dignity and their right to choose their own civilisational path.