The Return of History: Liberal Values and Global Realities
Only when we understand the fragility of liberal democracy will we be properly motivated to defend it.
Zak Schneider
· 9 min read
Ukraine
A collection of 53 posts
Empathy for the Devil: The Fantasy of ‘Progressive Realism’
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.
Matt Johnson
· 20 min read
Ukraine Goes to Court
Ukraine has therefore pursued multiple legal avenues in response to the aggression.
Emiliano Polo
· 9 min read
The Vilnius Fiasco
There is a better way to protect Ukrainian sovereignty and security—and long-term Western interests—than NATO membership.
Adam Garfinkle
· 24 min read
Apostles of Appeasement
A short history of phoney peace groups and their fellow travellers.
Oscar Clarke
· 10 min read
Unrealistic Realism on Ukraine
Moral relativism, and its equally dubious corollary of moral equivalence, too often mars contemporary Realists’ conceptions of political realities.
Borys M. Kowalsky
· 13 min read
A Country in the Making
Sean Penn’s surprising new documentary explores “extreme history” in war-torn Ukraine.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
The Ukrainian Year
Ukraine has been instrumental in restoring a focus on what matters to the people and elected leaders of the West.
Jesse Inman
· 5 min read
Mearsheimer: Rigor or Reaction?
What John J. Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine, international affairs, and much else besides.
Matt Johnson
· 21 min read
Democracy’s Trenches
The idea that the war in Ukraine is not our business is seductive but dangerously mistaken.
John Lloyd
· 11 min read
Horseshoe Theory Comes to Ukraine
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.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 7 min read
What the Left Keeps Getting Wrong About Ukraine
Vapid bromides about peace and negotiation are no substitute for policy and a frank acknowledgement of Russia’s responsibility for the conflict.
Matt Johnson
· 10 min read
The Roads Not Taken
A new book by Orlando Figes explores the role of Russian history in the Ukranian war.
John Lloyd
· 10 min read
False Accusations and Ideological Bias
Amnesty International, Ukraine, and the Illusion of NGO Fact-Finding Expertise.
Gerald M. Steinberg
· 13 min read
Zelensky’s Terrible Dilemma—and Ours
Capitulation or Bloody Resistance?
John Lloyd
· 8 min read