Presidential Office of Ukraine
Living History
The Next High Crime

Trump was always going to commit another impeachable offense. Trump is always going to commit another impeachable offense.

Five Eyes vs. 5G
Why Huawei Lost Its Quest for World Domination

Beijing tripped on its ambitions for Huawei for the same reason it has consistently failed in global influence games—it did not have the patience to pursue a long-term, soft-power approach.

Correcting the Record
Remembering Mr. Jones

In the 1930s, a brave journalist told the truth about Stalin and was killed because of it. Now, his story is finally being told.

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On Liberty
Free Speech Under Siege

For Mill, liberty was only valuable insofar as it contributed to a higher good. Today’s woke activists agree.

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Taxation Without Bowdlerization
How to Tame TikTok

Banning the app, as Mike Pompeo has proposed, would be heavy-handed and ineffective. There’s a better approach.

Dystopia vs. Dystopia
The Sino-American Rivalry in Cultural Context

An Orwellian China is sidling up to a Huxleyan America in what could become a catastrophic encounter between two different forms of insanity.

Transatlantic Tribulations
Don’t Leave the Balkans to Europe

For all its bungling and missteps, the Trump Administration’s decision to pay attention to the Kosovo-Serbia dispute is a step in the right direction.

Trilateral Trade
Preventing Protectionism

The global trading system has been under stress for some time. A three-way agreement, between the U.S., UK, and EU, could lighten the load.

Who Are We?
The Errors of Rationalism

A new novel by Christopher Beha catalogues them one by one—and reminds us why human beings are worth writing about.

discipline and punish
August Vollmer and the Sins of the Father

A biography of “the father of American policing” offers timely insights into his progressive, professional approach to policing, but fails to grapple with the darker side of his legacy.

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