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Anne Applebaum on Ukraine: One Year Into the War
One year into the war, where do things stand in Ukraine? What have we learned about the character of Ukraine, Putin’s war aims, the fault lines in Eu…
3 years, 5 months ago
Neil Rogachevsky on Israel’s Declaration of Independence
What were the major political and diplomatic issues that Israel’s founders faced in 1948? How did they inform the writing of Israel’s Declaration of …
3 years, 5 months ago
Francis Fukuyama on the War in Ukraine, Authoritarianism, and Liberal Democracy
Eleven months into the war, where do things stand in Ukraine? What does the West need to do to help Ukraine win? What lessons can we draw from the wa…
3 years, 6 months ago
James Carville: Biden, Trump, Our Parties, and 2024
Where do things stand two years into Biden's presidency? Should he seek reelection? What other prospective Democratic candidates might emerge in the …
3 years, 6 months ago
Harvey Mansfield on Locke, Aristotle, and the Spirit of Liberalism
What is liberalism? How did political thinkers like Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Montesquieu pave the way for modern liberal societies? To discuss…
3 years, 7 months ago
Royal Hansen: Cybersecurity and National Security in the Digital Age
What is cybersecurity? How has cybersecurity become integrally connected to our national security? What has the War in Ukraine taught us about the vu…
3 years, 7 months ago
Whit Ayres: The Republican Party, Donald Trump, and the Road to 2024
What did the midterm elections reveal about Donald Trump’s strength in the Republican Party? What are the central tensions in the GOP as we head into…
3 years, 7 months ago
Ronald Brownstein: After the 2022 Midterms, What’s Next?
What happened in the midterms? What can explain why the 2022 midterm elections defied expectations and countered the trends of recent history? Will T…
3 years, 8 months ago
Frederick Kagan on Ukraine: Where Things Stand—and the Stakes for the Future
Eight months into the war, where do things stand in Ukraine? According to Fred Kagan, director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterp…
3 years, 9 months ago
Ray Takeyh on Iran: Are We Witnessing a Revolution?
Iran today is in some kind of revolutionary stage…. All social classes are united behind the idea that they want the extinction of the regime, and al…
3 years, 9 months ago