U.S. Politics
The New Right’s Grand Strategy After Trump
Civilizationism would upend America’s role in the world.
The Du Bois Doctrine
Race and the American century.
A China Strategy That Lasts
Congress must lead to compete with Beijing.
How AI Could Hollow Out the U.S. Military
The best soldiers know how to think for themselves.
A China Strategy That Lasts
Congress must lead to compete with Beijing.
America’s Fatal Attraction to War
The perverse incentives for presidents to use military force.
The Self-Destruction of American Power
American hegemony’s death was self-inflicted, the result of Washington’s bad habits and bad behavior.
The Autocrat’s Worst Enemy
Despots hate cities and the mayors who run them.
Equality and American Democracy
The U.S. Founders thought liberty and equality went together, but by the mid-twentieth century, most Americans thought of them as competing values. Thought of properly, they’re not. Redressing inequality today, however, will require bringing politics back in the equation, since political choices set the rules and help determine the outcomes of the economic game.
The Strong Do What They Can—and Suffer What They Must
What Thucydides really thought about power.