Russian Then and Now

by Mark Bauerlein

Judge Stephen P. Friot joins the podcast to discuss his new book Containing History: How Cold War History Explains US–Russia Relations. Continue Reading »

24 Aug 2023

The Vatican as Peacemaker in Ukraine?

by George Weigel

Vatican diplomacy, absent a recognition of the basic moral and political asymmetries in this brutal war, might make matters worse, with a misconceived and ill-executed “peace mission.”  Continue Reading »

31 May 2023

Genocide in Ukraine?

by George Weigel

It’s time to stop sloganeering and get serious about what is happening in Eastern Europe. Continue Reading »

30 Nov 2022

On the Folly of Ignoring Dictators

by George Weigel

Until early 1939, much of the civilized world refused to believe that Hitler meant what he wrote. Rather, the civilized world averted its eyes from what it should have recognized as the unmistakable threat posed by a re-arming Germany. Continue Reading »

7 Sep 2022

Putin’s Post-Stalinist Project

by Roberto de Mattei

In Putin’s proposal, the transcendent dimension of religion is absorbed by the political, reversing the primacy of religion over politics that has always characterized the spiritual tradition of the Christian West. Continue Reading »

21 Jun 2022

Michael Doran on the Theology of Foreign Policy

by R. R. Reno

Michael Doran joins the podcast to talk about the tangled history of liberal internationalism and theological modernism. Continue Reading »

12 May 2022

Holy Week 2022: A Wartime Meditation

by George Weigel

With Christ, the Ukrainian people, who ask only to be themselves, have walked the bloody path to Calvary, where those who inflict their suffering mock their claims to be who they are.  Continue Reading »

13 Apr 2022

Miracle on the Dniepr

by Jakub Grygiel

Zelensky and his government, abandoning any factional interests or ideological proclivities they may have had, are demonstrating the patriotism and courage necessary for national liberty. Continue Reading »

7 Mar 2022

On Ukraine

by George Weigel

Whatever the current military developments, a Russian invasion of Ukraine has not been “imminent”; the invasion is ongoing.  Continue Reading »

23 Feb 2022

Russia, Ukraine, and Moral Reckoning

by George Weigel

Putin is conducting a carefully orchestrated campaign to reverse history’s verdict in the Cold War and subjugate the now-independent former “republics” of the old Soviet Union. Continue Reading »

26 Jan 2022