Elan Journo

Trump’s Dangerous, Amoral Loyalty To Saudi Arabia | The Daily Caller

The CIA has concluded that the Saudi crown prince ordered the grisly murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. After a closed-door CIA briefing, GOP senators emerged convinced of the Saudi regime’s complicity, and the Senate has unanimously voted to hold Mohammad bin Salman responsible for the murder. But, despite the mounting evidence, Donald Trump has remained stalwart in his support of Saudi Arabia and Mohammad bin Salman (a “truly spectacular ally”). Why?

Media, News

Journo i24News: Hezbollah’s Invasion Tunnels

On Dec. 4, Elan Journo appeared on i24News to discuss Israel’s exposure of Hezbollah cross-border tunnels from Lebanon. 47577455_10157837385909688_3269891428603396096_o

Books, Media, Podcasts

Ayn Rand’s Unique View of “Americanism” | New Ideal

Elan Journo talks with Jonathan Hoenig about A New Textbook of Americanism: The Politics of Ayn Rand.

Books, Essays

Chapter: What Should a Distinctively American Foreign Policy Do?

In this chapter from A New Textbook of Americanism: The Politics of Ayn Rand, Elan Journo answers the question: “What Should a Distinctively American Foreign Policy Do?” Read the chapter: What Should a Distinctively American Foreign Policy Do?

Essays

What is “Americanism”? Neither the right nor the left gets it. | Fox Business

“Americanism” is not rooted in the nation, the race, or any other collective, but in a universal ideal: individualism. Read on: What is “Americanism”? Neither the right nor the left gets it. [Fox Business | Medium.com ]

Books, Essays, News

Never-Before-Seen Ayn Rand Commentary on Politics | New Ideal

The just-published A New Textbook of Americanism: The Politics of Ayn Rand presents Rand’s little-known 1946 essay “Textbook of Americanism” and never-before-seen commentary on issues in political philosophy. Building on Rand’s philosophic thought, the book also features new essays from Objectivist scholars and writers exploring further aspects of the actual nature of Americanism.

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Media, Podcasts

A look at Amy Chua’s “Political Tribes”

In this video, Elan Journo and Ben Bayer explore the issue of tribalism in America today, discuss Amy Chua’s book Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations, and touch on Ayn Rand’s analysis of tribalism.

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Essays

After Khashoggi Murder, End the Whitewashing of Saudi Arabia

The Khashoggi scandal has laid bare the true nature of Saudi Arabia. It’s long past time we recognized it.

Read on: After Khashoggi Murder, End the Whitewashing of Saudi Arabia

Media

Journo on BoldTV

Elan Journo joins Carrie Sheffield of BoldTV and Nicole Goodkind of Newsweek for a discussion of What Justice Demands and the US-Saudi relationship in light of the Jamal Khashoggi incident.

Essays

How Afghanistan became our continuing war | The Hill

Seventeen years, 2,351 Americans dead, 20,094 wounded. These grim numbers scarcely begin tell the story of the Afghanistan war, which marked its 17th anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 7. It’s been a tragic failure, but for reasons few people understand.

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