A collection of 20 posts
The Jewish state has secured its borders, recovered all living hostages, and put its enemies on notice as to what awaits them if they attempt a reprise of 7 October.
A new book by two former peace processors makes clear that statehood was never the goal of the Palestinian cause.
What the Hughes/Smith debate tells us about the podcast era.
Jon Lee Anderson’s powerful new book on Afghanistan reminds us that the justness of a cause is no guarantee of its success.
...but it will need to be reimagined in the post-Trump era.
What realists like Emma Ashford deride as America’s “reactionary defence of the status quo” is in fact a prudent effort to preserve a world order of unparalleled value.
Aaron Sarin’s misreadings of my essay support my thesis and show why we need to think more carefully about China.
A reply to D. Marshall.
If the stewards of American power wish to act effectively and preserve the liberal order in this dangerous new era, they will have to act with the self-confidence of the just man armed.
American conservatives show no interest in understanding their country’s greatest geopolitical foe. The consequences of this incuriosity could be disastrous.
Operations Rising Lion and Midnight Hammer have been successful military operations, but a great deal of uncertainty remains.
The post-11 September wars set in motion political forces that constrained and undermined American power at the moment it was needed most.
Israel’s humiliation of Iran may have changed the region.
Alexander Vindman’s bracing new book argues that Ukraine has been made to suffer the consequences of Western naivety and restraint.
The Trump administration has liquidated the postwar international order.