The New Eurasian Century The current crises in eastern Europe reflect more than just Kremlin mischief-makingâthey reflect the first fruits of an emerging world order that spans the vastness from Beijing to Berlin. Unlike the longstanding liberal status quo, with its roots in classical civilization and the Enlightenment, this emerging alternative draws upon Joel Kotkin 15 Feb 2022 · 9 min read
Ukraine in the Balance As I write this, Vladimir Putin has moved more than 100,000 troops to Russiaâs Ukrainian border, and has strongly implied that he will invade absent an ironclad guarantee that Ukraine will never be permitted to join NATO. Although the Biden administration has rejected that demand, a chorus of Brian Stewart 14 Feb 2022 · 10 min read
What Putin Really Wants On Russian President Vladimir Putinâs desk sits a bronze statue of Peter the Great, the tsar who spent his four decades in power waging war on neighbors to establish his country as a great power in Europe. Peter would have understood the nature of the current conflict in Eastern Christopher Miller 14 Feb 2022 · 8 min read
This Is About More Than Ukraine In the early days of World War Two, George Orwell published a marvelous essay entitled âEngland Your England.â With the Luftwaffe in the skies above London laying waste to the city, Orwell observed a peculiarly contemptible trait of the English intelligentsia. In a word, this portion of the national elite Brian Stewart 28 Jan 2022 · 6 min read
Taiwan, Ukraine, and Huntingtonâs Clash of Civilisations Revisited Putin believes that the current crisis puts principled opposition to authoritarian empire-building at odds with the imperatives of faith and history, as well as the pragmatic imperative of keeping Germans supplied with energy. John Lloyd 24 Dec 2021 · 9 min read
