A Hollow Kind of Patriotism
The economic and geopolitical consequences of America First nationalism are going to be disastrous—not least for Americans themselves.
Matt Johnson
· 17 min read
Politics
A collection of 563 posts
Border Wars and the Return of Fear
The new European commitment to defence and Russia’s unshakeable wish to control Ukraine have revived an awareness that war is something with which comfortable and relatively wealthy states may still have to live.
John Lloyd
· 10 min read
Derangement Discourse
Accusations of Trump Derangement Syndrome and Trump himself are both products of the social-media age.
George Case
· 8 min read
Red Spies and Lies
Clay Risen’s new book about the American “Red Scare” emphasises the injustices of anti-communism but minimises the true extent and danger of communist infiltration.
Ronald Radosh
· 23 min read
Fatuous Moral Humility
The pope is not a source of ethical wisdom.
Brian Stewart
· 5 min read
Lessons for Western Militaries from the Gaza War
Israel’s 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
· 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
· 13 min read
The Political Foundations of the DOGE Scam
The Trump/Musk administration’s 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
· 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
· 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
· 15 min read
The Unending Search for Racism
The debate about Rickard Andersson’s killing spree has been informed by an unhealthy discourse about race and immigration in Sweden.
Dan Korn
· 7 min read
Antiscientific Vandalism
Musk and Trump are inflicting catastrophic damage on biomedical research.
Evan D Morris
· 6 min read
The End of NATO, or The Sixth Impossible Thing
The Trump administration has liquidated the postwar international order.
Adam Garfinkle
· 20 min read
Ukraine’s 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
· 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
· 13 min read