How the Rise of American Oligarchy Reshapes Geopolitics
On Nov. 16, 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky listened on speakerphone to an unfamiliar voice. This new interlocutor,…
Review: Jan Carson’s ‘Few and Far Between’ Explores the Legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
During the Troubles, Protestant unionists and Catholic nationalists clashed over whether Northern Ireland should remain in the United…
How Similar Is the Iran War to Vietnam?
One of the sturdiest conventions about human affairs is the notion that “those who cannot remember the past…
After Iran War, Global Straits Will Be Bloodily Contested
At time of writing, U.S. President Donald Trump’s haphazard attacks on Iran have killed 18 U.S. service members,…
How ‘On the Psychology of Military Incompetence’ Predicted Hegseth’s Iran Debacle
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of a very British book seeking to make sense…
Riding the Greenland Ferry
“Watch a grey spot. Don’t look away. … Always look at each spot for five seconds. When they…
China Targets Taiwan’s Goddess Mazu for Influence Operations url
On a rain-soaked April day on Taiwan’s western coast, tens of thousands of pilgrims walked alongside a palanquin…
How Ukraine Is Preserving Its Language Amid Russia’s War
Even if you aren’t Ukrainian, it is still likely that you took part in a small language revolution…
Russia, Land of the Unpredictable Past – Foreign Policy
On March 1, a new Russian law came into effect targeting “propaganda of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their…
Review: Herta Muller’s ‘The Village on the Edge of the World’: Romania Has Yet to Reconcile With Its History
“Do you have a handkerchief?” was the question Herta Müller’s mother asked her every day before she left…
Why Europe’s Populists Are Breaking With MAGA
Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s spectacular landslide defeat last month has been interpreted as a setback for…
From Ukraine to Iran, Elon Musk’s Starlink Shapes Foreign Policy and Geopolitics
Starlink is far more than a commercial connectivity service. It is strategic infrastructure that increasingly shapes how wars…