Foreign Affairs
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Requiem for a Despot
Dead at last, dead at last. Fidel Castro has shuffled off this mortal coil, at the age…
The Enduring Allure of Fidel
News of Fidel Castro’s death left me cold. The long-lived, wily, and ruthless dictator had maintained his…
Gloucester Fisherman, American Veteran, Polish Benefactor
Two weeks before Veterans Day, 88-year-old World War II vet Curtis Dagley of Gloucester, Massachusetts was decorated…
Death Rights
Last year, Canada’s Supreme Court unanimously decided that laws criminalizing assisted suicide are unconstitutional and in violation…
Where I Was Wrong Part II: Iraq
Donald Trump didn’t emerge solely from the passions of his enthusiasts. He emerged also from the wreckage…
Russian Orthodoxy’s Aggressive Obsessions
What does the Lord’s injunction to turn the other cheek in Matthew 5:39 require when it comes…
The Realism We Need
Realism is in the air. Not the realism we need—not a clear-eyed appreciation of the dangers facing…
The Vatican, China, and Evangelical Prudence
Recent remarks by the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, have fueled speculation about a possible…
Aleppo and a Layman
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson famously blanked at the mention of Aleppo. New York Times columnist Roger…
Pius XII’s Duel with Hitler
When Mark Riebling’s Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War against Hitler appeared last year, it earned…
Nationalism is not Xenophobia
Immigration has emerged as a crucial political issue throughout the West. On Sunday, Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrat…
Catholicism’s Empty Quarter
QUÉBEC CITY. The exit signs along Autoroute 40 between the quondam capital of New France and Montréal…
Hans Friedrich Grohs: From Bereavement to Benediction
Hans Friedrich Grohs (1892-1981) was an accomplished artist who belonged to the second generation of German Expressionist…
God and Brexit
Ever since the United Kingdom decided in June to leave the European Union, contending (and sometimes overlapping)…
The Elephant in the Room
Of all our major columnists, Peggy Noonan has thought the most deeply about the anti-establishment sentiments roiling…
