India’s ontological question is: Who are we — a regional or global power? Narendra Modi, the most popular and consequential leader of India since Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister after independence in 1947, can help answer this question. Modi’s…
In a lengthy and important essay in Foreign Affairs about “detente” with the Soviet Union, historian Niall Ferguson, who is completing the second-volume of his biography of Henry Kissinger, mentions Richard Nixon just once. And the photographs accompanying the article…
It’s no secret that Iran has been steering Hezbollah’s operations in Southern Lebanon, overseeing Hamas’s (now dwindling) presence in Gaza, and funneling arms and aid to a slew of terrorist agents across the Middle East. Through such covert maneuvers, Tehran…
“Idealists,” wrote Halford Mackinder in his 1919 geopolitical masterpiece Democratic Ideals and Reality, “are the salt of the earth; without them to move us, society would soon stagnate and civilization fade.” But idealism untempered by an appreciation of human limitations…
It’s deeply disconcerting to read the news each morning and find oneself thinking that the true prophet of our current condition is Lewis Carroll, the creator of Alice in Wonderland. Each day brings the feeling that we’ve truly passed down…
Russia has been secretly backing a Catalan separatist movement which conducted an illegal referendum some years ago and is now key for maintaining Spain’s socialists in power, according to Spanish authorities investigating activities in Spain’s northeast region by Russian intelligence…
The killing of three U.S. soldiers and the wounding of more than 40 other American troops in Jordan by Iranian-backed proxies has led some American political leaders and observers to call for direct U.S. attacks on Iran. Joseph Epstein, writing…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) now warns that Iran has enough nuclear material to make several atomic bombs. Iran is the only non-nuclear weapon state to enrich uranium to near full weapons-grade levels, and it continues to deny inspectors…
Each morning for the last several days I’ve turned first for news concerning the two SEALs lost at sea off the coast of Somalia, hoping—by this moment, hoping against all hope—that they will somehow be found alive. I’ve been privileged…