Robert Kagan Sticks to His Guns
Nearly two decades after getting Iraq wrong, the foreign policy scholar wonders why Americans have lost their mettle.
Andrew J. Bacevich
February 23, 2021
Blogs
Rod Dreher
‘How God Becomes Real’
Anthropologist T.M. Luhrmann's new book explores the mechanisms of enchantment
Rod Dreher
February 23, 2021
James Wilson’s ‘Coyote Fork’
Rod Dreher
February 23, 2021
General Eclectic: Barstool Conservatives
Rod Dreher
February 23, 2021
State of the Union
War in Heaven: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Our Boring Billionaires
The American oligarchy is sad and tasteless, but sometimes Elon Musk is funny.
Micah Meadowcroft
February 23, 2021
The Neocons: Exit Stage Left?
Matt Purple
February 23, 2021
Podcasts
Right Now: An Interview with Robert D. Kaplan, Plus the Ongoing Lincoln Project Revelations
Kaplan's new biography of Bob Gersony depicts an eccentric humanitarian.
TAC Staff
February 17, 2021
Taking a Break
Micah Mattix
February 12, 2021
Hindsight in Solzhenitsyn
Micah Mattix
February 11, 2021
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Give Dealmaking Another Try
The Biden Administration has the chance to start building a better relationship with Iran.
Peter Van Buren
February 23, 2021
Ethiopia’s Looming Insurgency
Ethiopia could be falling apart as its stalwart ally the U.S. remains entangled and distracted.
James Jeffrey
February 22, 2021
Tom Cotton Further Positions Himself as Trump’s Heir
The hawkish young senator lavished praise on Trump's handling of China in a new report, and vowed to build on it. Perhaps he'll get the chance.
Curt Mills
February 22, 2021
Howling in Unison
A new book detailing the psychic conflicts in the Soviet Writers' Union is a cautionary tale as much as a remarkable history.
Gary Saul Morson
February 22, 2021
Lessons for COVID From the Cold in Texas
it is important to remind people that the perennial American virtue of responsibility and action is still within our grasp.
Brian Jones
February 22, 2021
Looking Back to Our Realist Past
A long view of history shows that there are other options for American grand strategy besides unending deep engagement.
Michael C. Desch
February 20, 2021
On Writing Around Censors
The New York Times’s treatment of Slate Star Codex is a reminder of the many ends to which we write.
Micah Meadowcroft
February 20, 2021
Washington Helped ‘Liberate’ Egypt. Today It’s an Authoritarian Dystopia
Yet we still keep funding the repressive Sisi regime. Why?
Doug Bandow
February 19, 2021
The ‘Toolkit’ Greta Thunberg Tried to Hide
Liberal NGOs are ramping up their international meddling now that Trump is gone, starting with India.
Helen Andrews
February 19, 2021
How America Fostered The World’s Best Freight Rail System
1980 deregulation via the Staggers Rail Act lowered prices, improved safety, and caused usage to skyrocket.
Scott Beyer and Ethan Finlan
February 19, 2021
Berkshire Hathaway’s Pipeline Payday
Is Warren Buffett cashing in on Biden's Keystone cancellation? Fact-checkers say no, but the truth is not so simple.
Declan Leary
February 19, 2021
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