Why Europe Still Misreads America
Why Germans fear American religion, and what this reveals about Europe.
Andreas Paul John
· 6 min read
Reader Favourites
A collection of 94 posts
Dan Schueftan on Gaza, Iran & the Future of Israel
Israel faces not a solvable conflict but a permanent condition—one requiring deterrence, “violent maintenance,” and historic patience—while confronting both regional enemies and a cultural battle in the West.
Pamela Paresky, Dan Schueftan
· 31 min read
The United Nations Is Going Broke
Too often, the UN’s valuable field work is overshadowed by cynical political posturing. As a result, collecting annual dues from member states has become more difficult.
Brian Stewart
· 8 min read
Iran’s Risky Gamble
The war with Iran is reshaping the entire Middle East from the Gulf States to Lebanon with surprising speed.
Benny Morris
· 13 min read
Out on the Wily, Windy Moors...
Emerald Fennell’s misbegotten adaptation of ‘Wuthering Heights’ destroys the very structure of Emily Brontë’s classic story.
Charlotte Allen
· 20 min read
Podcast #327: Will Post-Islamist Iran Get a Royal Restoration?
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Iranian-Canadian human-rights activist Kaveh Shahrooz about whether Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last Shah of Iran, might rise to power as a new Prince of Persia.
Quillette
· 3 min read
The End of Strategic Ambiguity
The Islamic Republic’s assault on the Gulf will forge the new Middle East.
Chama Mechtaly
· 9 min read
Toppling a Tyrant
The assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei has opened a narrow window for regime change in Tehran.
Benny Morris
· 12 min read
Power Beyond Realpolitik
In geopolitics, moral culture shapes whether influence is experienced as leadership or domination, cooperation or coercion.
Scott Atran
· 8 min read
Islamism: Shooting the Messenger
The British establishment tends to deflect attention from the dangers of Islamism by attempting to silence those who point them out.
John Aziz
· 8 min read
The End of Australian Exceptionalism
The surge in support for Australia’s populist right-wing party One Nation suggests that immigration restrictionism has become increasingly popular with voters: a political trajectory that echoes that of many other Western nations.
Eric Kaufmann
· 9 min read
The Gender Identity Debate
A selection of Quillette essays and interviews examining the cultural, scientific, and legal dimensions of gender identity.
Quillette
· 7 min read
Silence on Sudan
In Sudan, a civil war involving Arab supremacists backed by the UAE has left as many as 400,000 dead and displaced twelve million. The silence on campus is deafening.
Steven Strauss
· 7 min read
The End of the Middlebrow Movie
Middlebrow movies weren’t just two-hour escape pods, they functioned as a civic glue, a source of shared language, cross-generational references, and indeed, contemporary American myth.
Harrison Kass
· 7 min read
The Price of the Epstein Frenzy
Press-led hysteria and institutional cowardice are inflicting needless damage on higher education.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 10 min read