Foreign Affairs
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Future of Brexit
After a recent trip to Leicester, England, I glanced at how the region voted in the referendum.…
Homecoming
In the mid-1980s, my wife and I were invited to a baptism and to the post-christening reception…
Can the West Find Forgiveness?
World leaders’ interventions in the West’s current migrant controversy are rarely helpful. In February 2017, Pope Francis, speaking…
Revolution, 30 Years On
It was like a graduation party. So says the historian Philipp Ther, who joined the protests in…
The West Is Stirring
Some people make things happen; some people watch things happening; some people don’t know what’s happening.” This…
The Contradictions of Liberal Globalism
As 2019 begins, one useful way to take stock of world events is to compare the outcomes…
A Swedish Christmas
Swedish Yule (Jul) traditions are not what you think they are. Perhaps you picture silent midwinter darkness,…
China’s Future in the Balance
Since the beginning of the month, the Chinese government has arrested dozens of leaders and members of…
The Jewels of England
When visiting the southern United States, I have occasionally been amused to hear the Civil War described…
Protest of the Provinces
Founded in 1958, the French Fifth Republic has been one of the longest-lasting regimes in the nation’s…
A Grand Betrayal
Sometimes a grand betrayal serves as a mirror of truth, revealing that a person or institution has…
A Century After the Armistice
I’m just old enough to remember when my elders still called November 11 “Armistice Day”—the armistice in…
Shifting Tectonic Plates in Eastern Christianity
ROME. While Synod-2018 was trying to grasp the polyhedron-like character of “synodality” and wrestling with the differences…
A House Built on Sand
To visit the tomb of Servant of God József Cardinal Mindszenty, in Esztergom, Hungary, is, in a…
A Public Church, not a Partisan Church
WARSAW. The temptation to ally the Church with a particular political party and its program is a…
