Over-Learning the Lessons of Iraq
Russia, Iran, and the failure of US resolve.
A collection of 56 posts
Russia, Iran, and the failure of US resolve.
If the United States abandons Europe, Beijing will be more emboldened than ever.
The notion that Ukraine is a hopeless cause has been dramatically refuted by the audacious incursion into the Kursk Oblast.
Only when we understand the fragility of liberal democracy will we be properly motivated to defend it.
Realists may believe international relations is all about mindless forces balancing and smashing into each other, but it’s actually about ideology, institutions, history, and the personalities of human beings.
Ukraine has therefore pursued multiple legal avenues in response to the aggression.
There is a better way to protect Ukrainian sovereignty and security—and long-term Western interests—than NATO membership.
A short history of phoney peace groups and their fellow travellers.
Moral relativism, and its equally dubious corollary of moral equivalence, too often mars contemporary Realists’ conceptions of political realities.
Sean Penn’s surprising new documentary explores “extreme history” in war-torn Ukraine.
Ukraine has been instrumental in restoring a focus on what matters to the people and elected leaders of the West.
What John J. Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine, international affairs, and much else besides.
The idea that the war in Ukraine is not our business is seductive but dangerously mistaken.
Putin’s Western apologists don’t reflect the usual conflict between Left and Right—but rather comprise an example of both poles making common cause against the center.
Vapid bromides about peace and negotiation are no substitute for policy and a frank acknowledgement of Russia’s responsibility for the conflict.