1+ week, 3+ day ago   (311+ words) Review: A Book as Big as the War 1942: Crux of War, Jonathan Parshall, Oxford University Press, 1,280 pp., $45, June 2026 As Winston Churchill said after British church bells rang for the first time after victory at El Alamein in November 1942, “This is…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (638+ words) Argument: Top Signs You’re Heading for a Quagmire Both Washington and Moscow had reasons for acting as they did, but it is hard to argue that these various adventures left either country in a stronger global position. So why do…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (101+ words) Argument: Why the United States Should Recognize Somaliland Steven A. Cook is a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. His latest book is The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (757+ words) Argument: The Conservative Case for International Law The mayor’s legal team has concluded that New York City lacks the necessary authority to make the arrest, and instead, Mamdani urged the federal government to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (147+ words) Analysis: Would Another War Help Netanyahu Win Reelection? So, what can Netanyahu do to rescue himself from the very real risk of being voted out of power? The Trump administration has been far less critical of Israeli provocations in the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (143+ words) Argument: Welcome to the New Defense-Dominant World The bottom line is that offense-defense theory uses a single concept—whether it’s easier to conquer new territory or defend one’s own—as a master variable that shapes many features of world politics....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (687+ words) Argument: Washington Is Creating Forever Enemies Numerous countries have held a place on America’s list of grudges. Cuba has been a near-permanent member, rooted in events now more than six decades old. Libya remained on the list for decades under…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (115+ words) Analysis: What Donald Duck Can Teach Trump About Going to War A new movie shows how the president conferred with State Department experts before each meeting. Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre” triggered nationwide outrage—and a firewall that is now gone....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (434+ words) Argument: The U.S. Is Learning the Wrong Lessons in Iran The U.S. military remains remarkably capable, demonstrating even in this poorly conceived war technical capabilities that no other military can currently match, projecting military force more than 7,000 miles from American shores, and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (325+ words) Argument: Trump’s Twin Blunders In 2011, during the first term of President Barack Obama, the United States trotted out a new orientation for its foreign policy, which it dubbed a “pivot to Asia.” The central goal underpinning this strategy was to…...