The West at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Triumph Without Self-Belief
The willingness to contain Communism, to fight its expansion overtly and covertly, to sacrifice wealth and often lives against...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The West at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Triumph Without Self-Belief
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Watch on the West
Londonistan Is Still with Us
On August 10 the British authorities thwarted an Islamist plot seeking to destroy in-flight some ten transatlantic flights to...
Is Europe Dying? Notes on a Crisis of Civilizational Morale
America’s “Europe problem” and Europe’s “America problem” have been staple topics of transatlantic debate for the past several years....
America, Democratization, and the Muslim World
The central focus of American foreign policy since 2001 has been the Muslim world. The 9/11 attacks detonated a...
Breeding New bin Ladens: America’s New Western Front
Two attacks on European soil exposed Europe’s centrality in the war on terror. One was the murder of several...
America and the West
Four years ago— at the beginning of a new century and a new millennium— relations between the United States...
President Nixon’s Historical Legacy
An address to the Richard M. Nixon Library and Birthplace August 5, 2004, Yorba Linda, California Commemorating the 30th...
Meditations on a High Holy Day: The Fourth of July
Last September a group of apprehensive students gathered for the first meeting of a seminar I was offering for...
Islam and the West: a Historical Perspective
This essay is based on a presentation to FPRI’s 2003 History Institute for Teachers on “The American Encounter with Islam,” May...
Blair, Britain, Europe and International Relations?
The present emergency arising from the 11 September attacks has pushed international relations way up the agenda of political...