Lincoln, the Presidency, and Prudence: Restoring the Union and Ending Slavery
This address by Dr. Mackubin Owens was given at The Institute of World Politics on February 11, 2016. A...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Lincoln, the Presidency, and Prudence: Restoring the Union and Ending Slavery
A nation must think before it acts.
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Trump’s Unspeakable Strategy to Erase His Past
Last summer, Donald Trump described Mexican immigrants as “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” In December, he called...
Storm Surge? The Tides of War Roll Back In
The tides of war are not receding. The Harvard psychiatrist Steven Pinker, in hisbestselling book The Better Angels of our...
The Great Reversal: Obama’s Military Buildup
When Jimmy Carter came into office, he was determined to reverse the growth in defense spending that had been...
Mockery and Malarkey in the IC
In a blockbuster investigative report dated January 25, Adam Goldman of the Washington Post has revealed just how General David Petraeus...
A Rare Shot at Peace Amid War and Migration
One of the world’s longest running conflicts–the three-way struggle between Morocco, the separatist Polisario Front and its protector, Algeria–is...
Durability before Democracy: Why Stability is Elusive in the Middle East
The World Financial Review The Middle East and North Africa remains haunted by the specter of instability. The fundamental...
The Danger of Putin Losing in Syria
Last September, Russia deployed dozens of jets to Syria to rescue the ailing regime of Bashar al-Assad. Vladimir Putin...
Caesellius Bassus and the “Right Side of History”
The recurrent affirmation that history is on our side, a phrase frequently used by President Obama and to a...
Europe’s Autocracy Problem: Polish Democracy’s Final Days?
Winter has come to Europe, but it seems to be springtime for the continent’s autocrats. Following the example of...