The Lessons of Russian Warmaking
by George WeigelFour and a half months after Russia invaded Ukraine on the Orwellian pretext of “de-Nazification,” what have we learned about, and from, the Russian way of war?
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Roman Occupation and Jewish Rebellion
by Mark BauerleinGuy MacLean Rogers joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66–74 CE. Continue Reading »
On the Ukrainian Border
by Cole S. Aronson“I doubt if we ever come back home,” says Helen, who until recently taught English to second- and third-graders in Mykolaiv, a southern Ukrainian city of several hundred thousand. “Putin wants Mykolaiv,” Helen says. A large majority of Mykolaiv residents speak Russian at home. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Christian Realism About Ukraine
by R. R. RenoThat we should grieve for the people of Ukraine is unquestionable. The boot of their powerful Russian neighbor is on their necks. That we should condemn Moscow’s aggression while cheering the courage of Ukrainian soldiers and the determination of that aggrieved nation’s leaders is also . . . . Continue Reading »
The Making of History
by Mark BauerleinJared Knott joins the podcast to discuss his book Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World. Continue Reading »
National Unity in Ukraine
by Jakub GrygielThe “liberal, rules-based world order” will not defend a country’s land—a self-confident nation that is attached to a particular location, tradition, and religion will. Continue Reading »
Churchill in Barbary
by Algis ValiunasSmall wars, the kind that pit a superpower against an apparently overmatched enemy, are easy to slip into and can be hard to get out of. But it need not always be so. The British in their imperial magnificence at the turn of the twentieth century fought wars against Islamic fanatics on the northwest . . . . Continue Reading »
Russia, Ukraine, and Moral Reckoning
by George WeigelPutin 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 »
9/11, Afghanistan, and the Next War
by Joseph MahoneyWhy would any person of intelligence and character put his or her life at risk to defend a country controlled by a leadership class that continually derides or ignores tens of millions of Americans, along with their needs, their convictions, and their concerns? Continue Reading »
Leaving Afghanistan
by R. R. RenoWhatever one thinks about how the exit was handled, the Biden administration has done what we should have done years ago: admit defeat and come home. Continue Reading »
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