The West’s Dangerous Gambit in Ukraine
Western meddling helped spark the last Ukraine crisis, and foreign policy elites have learned little since then.
Rethinking U.S. Strategy in the Wider Middle East
A civilizational analysis of Islam as a socio-political force that either constrains or enables violence against the United States will be needed to supplement this traditional U.S. strategy.
The ‘Liberal International Order’ Is Neither Universal nor Exceptional
If the international order is “rules-based,” it is because Washington has set the rules.
Bill Gates and Ersatz Virtue
Why help people near you when you can help people far, far away? Be kind to your wife who is standing right in front of you? No, that is too hard. Instead, write a check and send it to sub-Saharan Africa.
Afghanistan: The U.S. Can Always Go Back
Punitive expeditions offer a middle course: brief, high-intensity campaigns to punish sponsors of terrorism and deter others.
The American Mess in the Ukraine
There is great irony in Biden administration officials trying to get ahead of a potential crisis that was largely caused by Biden’s nominee for undersecretary of state for political affairs, Victoria Nuland.
American Security in a Multipolar World: Cooperation or Competition? [Video]
Full video of the American Conservative's 2021 Foreign Policy Conference, co-sponsored by CSS and held on the campus of the Catholic University of America.
American Security in a Multipolar World: Cooperation or Competition?
Join The American Conservative on December 2nd at The Catholic University of America as we explore these questions with top experts in the field.
Irving Babbitt In Our Time
Richard Gamble (Hillsdale College) joins Eric Adler (University of Maryland) and Bill Smith (CUA) to discuss the life and work of the twentieth-century scholar Irving Babbitt.
Congress’ Principled Institutionalist
Author and editor Bill Kauffman discusses his work on "The Congressional Journal of Barber B. Conable, Jr., 1968-1984" (University Press of Kansas, 2021).
Life as a Practitioner
Charles McLaughlin, a lifelong practitioner of foreign policy, talks about his own career path, what he has learned over the years, and his thoughts on some of the largest challenges facing the United States.
Democracy and Democratism
We're joined by Emily Finley of Stanford University and Arta Moeini of the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy for an "upstream" discussion on the deeper philosophical sources of our foreign policy problems, with a particular focus on the problem of democracy and elite leadership.
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A More Complete Realism: Grand Strategy in a New Key
Mainstream academics are accustomed to viewing the moral-spiritual and cultural dimensions of the problem of war and peace as esoteric and insignificant. Studying these dimensions is actually indispensable to a full-bodied realism.
Statesmanship for Political Economy in the National Interest
Only the nation, outlasting the life of individuals and private companies now present, is the proper vehicle for conserving the general welfare.
Women’s Liberation in Soviet, Sino, and American State Building: Theory and Practice
Women’s liberation is a concept that is almost always found at the heart of revolutionary thinking.
Professing Literature: The Example of Austin Warren
For nearly a century the cliché “publish or perish” has haunted the professoriate. This gloomy refrain lingers on in faculty lounges and doctoral programs. Why must the professor write, and for what purpose?
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Monica Duffy Toft
Senior Visiting Fellow
Professor of International Politics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy | Tufts University
Andrew J. Bacevich
Senior Visiting Fellow
Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History, Boston University
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, JCD
Archbishop for the Military Services, USA
Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
The Honorable Chas Freeman
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
The Watson Center, Brown University
Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Representing the 2nd District of Hawaii
Patrick Kelly
Deputy Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus
Former House Intelligence Committee Counsel
The Honorable Dennis Kucinich
Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
Internationally renowned champion of diplomacy and peace.
Walter McDougall
Professor of History, Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations
University of Pennsylvania
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