Bolton vs. INF
Trump Trashes Another Treaty

Even calculating for the rising threat from China, leaving the INF puts the United States in a worse strategic position than if it were to stay in.

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Working It Out
Rewarding Work for Those Left Behind

Low-wage workers are being left behind. Government and business both have a role to play in restoring broad-based prosperity.

Not Only Khashoggi
License to Kill

We must make it clear, not only to the Saudi monarchy but to all the world’s dictators, that they cannot murder their opponents with impunity.

A Conversation With Heather Mac Donald
“More Studying and Less Sex. That Is Not Something to Be Regretted.”

TAI recently sat down with Heather Mac Donald to talk about her new book The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture. We discussed her views on identity politics and affirmative action, Donald Trump and deconstruction—and her views on campus romance. The following transcript has been edited for clarity.

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The Secret World
An Intelligent History

Christopher Andrew’s The Secret World shows us how the intelligence business is consistently underrated by politicians, military leaders, and historians.

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Midterm Watch
A Me-First President in a #MeToo Era

Can Republicans withstand the threat of a coming blue wave?

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Working It Out
The Virtue of Apprenticeship

An “academics only” approach to skill development has failed; it’s time to consider apprenticeship programs as well.

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Technocracy and Democracy
The Taming of the Few

In his new book, ex-central banker Paul Tucker explores the legitimacy crisis of the regulatory state—and argues that with great unelected power comes great democratic responsibility.

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The Morning After
The Revenge of Hard Power Politics

The liberal world order was never an inevitability.

Carrots & Sticks
Trump Can Win Back Central Europe

He has the conservative bona fides most other Western Europeans lack.

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