Security - Quillette

Julian Assange looks out the window of an aeroplane. You can see his reflection mirrored in the window.

The Travesty of the Assange Plea Deal

The complacency of American liberalism has been demonstrated yet again in its inability, or unwillingness, to guard the national interest.

Brian Stewart

28 Jun 2024 · 7 min read

Why Australia Opted for AUKUS

While Reuters reports that the French had ample warning the project was in trouble, the AUKUS announcement and the cancellation of the submarine contract nevertheless took them by surprise.

Sean Welsh

2 Oct 2021 · 11 min read

The 'Lab Leak' Inquiry at the State Department

Anyone who cares about ensuring that the lab-leak hypothesis is taken seriously should probably be thanking me, rather than vilifying me.

Christopher Ashley Ford

14 Jun 2021 · 20 min read

Could an Invisible Military Laser Steal Your Privacy?

Face recognition gives law enforcement this unique authority, this unique power, that does pose risks to our constitutional rights, and this needs to be very closely scrutinized now.

Art Keller

10 Jun 2021 · 20 min read

China and the Question of Taiwan

In modern-day China, nationalism is at its strongest when dealing with the idea—almost an article of religious faith—that the independent island nation of Taiwan is in fact a Chinese state and must be unified with the mainland as soon as possible.

Aaron Sarin

2 Feb 2021 · 13 min read

Stop Sensationalizing the Threat of Right-Wing Political Violence

Terrorism is ultimately a weapon of the weak. By engaging in threat inflation, we expand the power and prestige of terrorists by allowing them to be more influential than they otherwise might be.

Zaid Jilani

28 Jan 2021 · 7 min read

Will Biden Resurrect the Iran Deal?

The logic of making Iran’s nuclear program less dangerous via the JCPOA agreement while leaning on the FBI to ignore the crimes of the smugglers that made Iran’s nuclear program so dangerous remains hard to fathom.

Art Keller

29 Nov 2020 · 11 min read

Is China the Governance of the Future?

Jacques is one of the most enthusiastic boosters of China in the West, and his book aims to show that an increasingly dynamic China will soon lay a claim to global hegemony.

John Lloyd

10 Oct 2020 · 15 min read

Saudi Arabia: The Pragmatic Case for Constructive Engagement

The ideology that inspired this insurrection hasn’t disappeared. Various kings have dealt with the fire of fundamentalism either through granting concessions or enacting purges.

Tal Tyagi

22 Sep 2020 · 31 min read

A Europe Divided and Unfree

Brian Stewart

3 Sep 2020 · 6 min read

The Russia Report

It is “widely recognised,” says the report, “that Russian intelligence and business are completely intertwined".

John Lloyd

12 Aug 2020 · 13 min read

The Passing of the Second Imperial Age

The US’s hegemonic period, now shrinking, often looked like empire, especially the British version, which it mostly replaced.

John Lloyd

13 Jul 2020 · 13 min read

From India’s Himalayan Border to Our Local Cell Networks, It’s Time to Push Back Against China

The Indian border is only one of the many fronts on which China has been taking advantage of the worldwide economic downturn and political paralysis caused by COVID-19 to move aggressively—an ironic result given the source of the disease.

Cleo Paskal

20 Jun 2020 · 8 min read

Is State Protection a Threat to Liberal Democracy?

Protection at the cost of a planned economy and a surveillance state would be no protection at all.

Ross Stitt

10 Jun 2020 · 12 min read

Do We Really Want a New Cold War?

Politicians and the commentariat keep shouting “China is not our friend!” But friendship is a good thing, the most rewarding of all human relationships.

James Hankins

24 May 2020 · 6 min read