Politics - Quillette (Page 4)

The Genocidal Imagination

Philosophies of human cruelty, from Sade to October 7th.

12 Dec 2023 · 20 min read

The Carbon-Neutral Dumpster Fire

RTÉ’s ludicrous environmentalist docudrama Tomorrow Tonight reflects the Irish state’s perverse commitment to a politics of self-harm.

Aidan Harte

10 Dec 2023 · 8 min read

Is Venezuela About to Invade Guyana?

Analysts are skeptical and Guyana is nervous. But history teaches us to pay attention when an unpopular despot starts to speak the language of irredentism.

Juan P. Villasmil

7 Dec 2023 · 7 min read

Kissinger and Cambodia

Attempts to hold US policy solely responsible for the rise of the Khmer Rouge are historically inept.

Lachlan Peters

7 Dec 2023 · 20 min read

Bias and Betrayal

The extensive rot at the heart of Human Rights Watch.

Gerald M. Steinberg

6 Dec 2023 · 14 min read

Apostles of Appeasement

A short history of phoney peace groups and their fellow travellers.

Oscar Clarke

5 Dec 2023 · 10 min read

Gaza and the Asymmetry Trap

The defeat of Hamas is a moral necessity, but that does not obviate Israel’s responsibility to minimize civilian suffering.

Michael Walzer

1 Dec 2023 · 9 min read

The New Normal?

Election results in the Netherlands and Argentina provide evidence of the vigour and variety of the New Right and its global reach.

John Lloyd

27 Nov 2023 · 6 min read

The Pervert’s Guide to Philosophy

Costin Alamariu’s (AKA Bronze Age Pervert's) doctoral dissertation is attracting a lot of interest but it doesn’t add up to much.

Oliver Traldi

25 Nov 2023 · 18 min read

An End to the Mirage

Republicans and Democrats have both learned the wrong lessons from Iraq.

Brian Stewart

23 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

Holocaust Historians, the Genocide Charge, and Gaza

The accusation is wrong on the facts and objectively serves to support the intent of Hamas to murder Jews with impunity.

Norman J.W. Goda / Jeffrey Herf

23 Nov 2023 · 11 min read

They Told Me So

How my parents swallowed a frog to save me from antisemitism.

Thomas P. Balazs

22 Nov 2023 · 15 min read

Israel, Gaza, and Proportionality

Simply counting the dead does not produce a moral verdict.

Shlomo Cohen

20 Nov 2023 · 7 min read

The Return of the Progressive Atrocity

It is the responsibility of Western activists to know who and what they support, and to separate themselves—openly and decisively—from programs and regimes that are predicated on violence and repression.

Susie Linfield

18 Nov 2023 · 21 min read

The Return of Terror’s Architect

The restoration of a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky in Moscow illuminates the gulf that now divides Russian society.

John Lloyd

15 Nov 2023 · 8 min read