World Affairs - Quillette

China’s Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Communist Party is leaving behind mere nuclear deterrence, and accelerating towards a “first-strike” capability.

Aaron Sarin

7 Jan 2024 · 8 min read

Chernobyl Revisited

Much of the tragedy resides in our collective response to the meltdown.

Lea Booth

26 Apr 2023 · 8 min read

From Panic to Prudence

Lessons from past financial crises.

Robert F. Bruner

16 Mar 2023 · 10 min read

Beijing in Retreat

A plunging birthrate, deepening socioeconomic divisions, and the chaos produced by China’s failed Zero-COVID policy prove that Xi Jinping and the Party do not have the measure of the nation.

Aaron Sarin

28 Jan 2023 · 12 min read

Revolt Against the Modern World

Putin is the offspring of a political culture based on insuperable adversity to democracy.

Vladimir Tismaneanu

15 Oct 2022 · 6 min read

If Europe Wants Peace, It Must Prepare for More War

Deterrence needs to be strong enough that it stands on its own feet with or without out American support.

Stephan Jensen

15 Jul 2022 · 12 min read

Germany's Energy Catastrophe

If Russia permanently cuts off natural gas exports to Germany, it will likely send the country, the world’s fourth-largest economy, into a severe recession.

Lea Booth

14 Jul 2022 · 9 min read

The Man Who Stood Up to the CCP

Thanks to Shinzo Abe, Xi Jinping now has a clear view of the future.

Aaron Sarin

9 Jul 2022 · 5 min read

The Hard Left and Populist Right Agree on All the Wrong Things

The ideas that unite the hard Left and the populist Right against the West itself are the same ones that make them both so excited about the culture wars.

Stephan Jensen

13 May 2022 · 8 min read

Ukrainians Are Nobody’s Pawns

Conservative anti-interventionists buy into an authoritarian narrative that ignores the clear choices made by the people of Ukraine.

Robert Tracinski

19 Apr 2022 · 8 min read

The depth and breadth of corruption in countries, leaders, and peoples has gained more and more public attention in recent years, another torment to add to those already disturbing the peace of the socially aware. It is tormenting because—like the warming of the globe, the advance of authoritarianism, and

John Lloyd

29 Mar 2022 · 14 min read

The Pathologies of Imperialism

An earlier version of this article appeared in the German language newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on March 4th, 2022. February 24th, 2022, constituted a shock to the European psyche. The invasion of Ukraine, without any plausible casus belli, the massive use of military force against civilians, the attempted hunting down

Harold James

11 Mar 2022 · 11 min read

Tibet’s Long Fight for Freedom

Not unlike Hong Kong’s frontline protesters in 2019, with their street battles and Molotov cocktails, some Tibetans have realised they live in a time that calls for truly desperate measures.

Aaron Sarin

30 Oct 2021 · 13 min read

From Playboy Sports Star to Islamist Politician: The Strange Turn of Imran Khan

A further irony is that while Khan presses ahead with entrenching Islam in every nook and cranny of the polity and society, other Muslim-majority countries, including Saudi Arabia, are toning down the hard-line version of Islam that they have long promulgated.

Rumy Hasan

23 Oct 2021 · 6 min read

Time for Less Long-Term Thinking About China

Normalization of US-Chinese diplomatic relations in turn led to the biggest exercise in corporate continence in American business history.

Erik D'Amato

5 Sep 2021 · 8 min read

China’s Weapons of Mass Destruction

Chernobyl Revisited

From Panic to Prudence

Beijing in Retreat

Revolt Against the Modern World

If Europe Wants Peace, It Must Prepare for More War

Germany's Energy Catastrophe

The Man Who Stood Up to the CCP

The Hard Left and Populist Right Agree on All the Wrong Things

Ukrainians Are Nobody’s Pawns

Corrupter of the World

The Pathologies of Imperialism

Tibet’s Long Fight for Freedom

From Playboy Sports Star to Islamist Politician: The Strange Turn of Imran Khan

Time for Less Long-Term Thinking About China