President Rouhani gives a speech. © Getty Images
Not A Partner For Peace
The Supreme Leader’s Speech and Liberal Delusions

What liberal statesmen often miss is that for many of America’s adversaries, it is the American system and American civilization that are the enemies.

Then and Now
A Sad Contrast With Editorials Today

150 years ago, our journalists and media magnates had a profound consciousness and respect for our entire dependency on the providence and mercy of God for the many blessings that surrounded us.

Greeks Bearing Gifts
Tsipras to Putin: We’ve Got Your Back

The Greek PM says he has already been working on Russia’s behalf in the European sanctions process. Will he continue to do so in June?

The Civil War Sesquicentennial
Reunification, Reconstruction, and Regret

“Thus ended the great American Civil War, which must upon the whole be considered the noblest and least avoidable of all the great mass conflicts of which till then there was record.” (Churchill)

Rise and Fall
The Bursting of the BRICs Bubble

After two decades of explosive growth and nearly a decade of rising geopolitical clout, the BRICs now face a number of grim economic indicators.

Stand Out To Sea
Iran Not Backing Down in Yemen

Post-nuclear deal, no signs of de-escalation from Tehran.

Understanding Our Adversaries
Those Crazy Christians

The West is struggling to navigate Islam’s major sectarian cleavage; about 500 years ago a Muslim superpower navigated Christendom’s Wars of the Reformation. Anything to learn here, perhaps?

Understanding Ourselves
The Paradox of American Democracy Promotion

Two entwined truths go far to define U.S. foreign policy: We must promote democracy; and we certainly will make a hash out of it.

Understanding Ourselves
Pax Anglo-Saxonica

There is a distinctive Anglo-American way of conceptualizing global strategic reality, and it goes far deeper than the abstractions of liberalism.

Understanding Our Adversaries
The Worst of All Possible Cubas

Three distinct patterns of transition out of communist rule exist: Russian, Chinese, and East European. The new American policy dooms Cuba to the worst of the lot.

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