Across The Border
Canada’s COVID-19 Healthcare Experience

It wasn’t a flawless performance, but Canada’s comparatively more centralized healthcare system weathered the coronavirus storm reasonably well.

Intellectual Consistency
Police Unions and the Conservative Conscience

The conservative case against public sector unions is well-established. So why have conservative lawmakers consistently provided cover for police unions?

Postmodernism Revisited
The Dangers of Delusion

A new book by Bruno Maçães argues that “the real world has many disadvantages.” Perhaps—but not as many as the unreal one.

TAI Virtual Conversation
Desmond Lachman & Dalibor Rohac on COVID and the EU

On June 11, 2020 Desmond Lachman and Dalibor Rohac joined TAI for a conversation about the next Euro crisis, based on their recent articles: A eurozone economic crisis thanks to coronavirus? National Review, by Desmond Lachman; and Is the EU living through its Hamiltonian moment? Probably not, AEI Ideas, by Dalibor Rohac. 

Countering China
The Case for Limited Conscription

As COVID-19 squeezes our defense budget, limited conscription would be a good way to keep pace with China.

Transatlantic Tribulations
The German Drawdown Debacle

Trump’s (unannounced) plan to withdraw 9,500 American troops from Germany may be inevitable. But it’s still an awful idea.

TAI Virtual Conversation
Gene Sperling on Economic Dignity

Tuesday, June 9 at 6 p.m. EST, The American Interest live-streamed a round table discussion with Gene Sperling, formerly director of the National Economic Council under both President Obama and President Clinton, and author of the recently released title Economic Dignity.

Race Relations
The Long Struggle for Voting Rights

The events of the past two weeks should remind us why the right to vote is sacred and non-negotiable.

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Nord Stream 2
Don’t Let Putin’s Pipe Dreams Become Reality

With the world distracted by pandemic, Putin is seeking to circumvent U.S. sanctions and give Nord Stream 2 a new lease on life. We should sanction those enabling him—starting with Gerhard Schröder.

TAI Virtual Conversation
David Goodhart on Populism and the Pandemic

On Tuesday, June 9, 11:15 a.m. EST, The American Interest live-streamed a roundtable discussion with David Goodhart. His new book, Head, Hand, Heart: Why Intelligence is Over-Rewarded, Manual Workers Matter, and Caregivers Deserve More Respect, will be released September 2020. 

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