The Trump administration is poised to announce a “Deal of the Century” to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hints and leaks suggest that the proposal would stop short of endorsing the goal of a sovereign Palestinian state. That prospect has pushed some into mourning. The Trump plan, writes distinguished American diplomat William Burns, will likely be … Continue reading What Would A Palestinian State Actually Look Like?
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Tribalism is resurging. One of its most obvious manifestations can be seen in politics. Today what seems to matter first and above all else is loyalty to one’s political tribe and its leaders, not the facts about an issue, not the truth on any given controversy, not the right policy to adopt — all of … Continue reading The Virulent Pull of Tribalism
The effects of German Nazism are horrific and indelible. The overall death toll in World War II, which began eighty years ago this summer, “dwarfs the mortality figures for the Great War of 1914–18, obscene as those were,” observes historian Tony Judt. “No other conflict in recorded history killed so many people in so short … Continue reading The Rise of Hitler’s Germany, Explained
The documentary "Islam and the Future of Tolerance" sheds much-needed light on an issue engulfed in ignorance, confusion, taboo. Read more: Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz in Open Conversation about Islam
"More people die in the bathtub than from Islamist attacks." Therefore, ... what? How we understand the “terrorist threat” is critical to defining a sound policy for addressing the problem. Yet there’s something deeply, dangerously wrong in the way many of us think of the threat. That’s manifest not only in the prevailing view, but … Continue reading Trivializing the Islamist Menace
Four years after the massacre, the West continues to lose faith in freedom. Read on: The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo - spiked Benoît Prieur - CC-BY-SA
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 … Continue reading Trump’s Dangerous, Amoral Loyalty To Saudi Arabia | The Daily Caller
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?
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