NATO
The Brussels Summit
NATO’s Binary Moment

Will U.S. and European officials start seeing eye to eye about NATO obligations, or will this summit mark the beginning of the end?

Countdown to the NATO Summit
NATO and European Security in the Trump Era

Donald Trump, the great scourge of multilateralism and the Liberal World Order, might actually provide the impetus for remedying the advanced case of dry rot afflicting Euroatlantic security arrangements.

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Burke vs. Rousseau
Slow and Steady

The Masterpiece Cakeshop case and the ascent of theory over prudence in American political life.

Alan Levine, Wikimedia Commons
All Heat and No Light
Books That Burn

Almost 70 years on, Ray Bradbury’s dire warnings in Fahrenheit 451 should still make all of us uncomfortable.

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Under the Thumb
The Coming Crisis in the Taiwan Strait

All eyes seem fixated on North Korea, the South China Sea, or the Senkaku islands. But a crisis in the Taiwan Strait—postwar Asia’s original hotspot—could be closer than many realize.

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Nationalism Rising
Erdoğan Tightens His Grip

Erdoğan’s big election win notwithstanding, Turkey seems headed for a period of seismic social and political instability.

D.J. Fontana performing with Sonny Burgess (Wikimedia Commons, Rockabillyvampire)
Elvis Watch
Give the Drummer His Due

The musical and cultural legacy of the late D.J. Fontana, rock-and-roll electrician.

Flint River (Connor Coyne, Wikimedia Commons)
Hearts of Flint
Demolished by Neglect

Anna Clark’s book on the Flint, Michigan tainted water scandal details the struggles of making the problems of invisible people visible.

USS John S. McCain in the South China Sea (Wikimedia Commons)
Troubled Waters
Reading the South China Sea

Two recent books offer a helpful guide to Southeast Asia’s most complex maritime dispute.

Of Immigration and National Identity
Europeans in Search of Themselves

From east to west, Europeans are struggling to answer the most fundamental national question: Who are we?

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