Foreign Affairs
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The Very Model of a Modern Catholic Statesman?
British Tory Member of Parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg is gaining a massive following on social media. Young people…
Dunkirk: A Riveting Film of War and Survival
Of all the battles of World War II, Dunkirk is among the most important—and least discussed. While…
Are Jihadis “Losers”?
When I first visited Israel in 1988, my friend Professor Menahem Milson, a distinguished Arabist at Hebrew…
The Cooler Cold War
The claim that “the Cold War is over” and that the West needs a “new paradigm” for…
We Want God
It’s been some days since President Trump delivered his speech in Poland on “the West,” but the…
Love at the Edge
Every country has a scent. In countries where bodies smell like bodies, you catch it in the…
Beyond Velvet Nihilism
The post-war era is ending. I’ve said that before (“Return of the Strong Gods”). Donald Trump’s address to…
Trump in Poland
Poland has been an unabashedly pro-American country. No wonder President Trump received a warm welcome here, not…
Dachau Golgotha
The Priest Barracks: Dachau 1938–1945by guillaume zellerignatius press, 280 pages, $16.95 “We are the joyous Hitler Youth. We need no…
The Transfiguration of Death
A long century separates us from the Great War and the “lost generation” that suffered through it—lost,…
The Left Bank of the Rhine
Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, who passed away on Friday, cultivated an air of provincial, down-to-earth ordinariness,…
Anne Frank’s Enduring Testament
Seventy-five years ago this month, Anne Frank began a diary, reflecting: “Writing in a diary is a…
Nationalism After Trump
During the 2016 election, some Trump supporters argued that this was our last chance to save American…
Thoughts on the Western Wall, Fifty Years Later
Photographs can capture exceptional moments in an iconic way, making the original experience “present” emotionally as well…
The Universal Russian Soul
Russia is turning inward. As the fabric of purpose and identity seems to fray among Western nations,…
