 Putin’s Dead End
By Carl Bildt, The Strategist (ASPI): “In his annual press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin made it clear that he will be ready for a peace settlement with Ukraine only after he has achieved his goals, which haven’t changed since he launched his full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022." The Folly of Them All By Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, Responsible Statecraft, Foreign Affairs: “Any future peace deal for Ukraine must learn from the failures of previous settlements.” Empire Imagined: The Personality of American Power
Giselle Donnelly BUY TODAY The origins of the United States’ distinct approach to war and military power are found in the colonial experience. To imagine our future, Giselle Donnelly argues that we must plumb our past. Long before 1776 and 1619, English men and women crossed the Atlantic not to isolate themselves from the Old World but to empower themselves to defend their faith, countrymen, and political liberty while creating new wealth. They inhabited a world of empires and understood that to survive in it—and to hold together the diverse peoples of Britain—they must play the global game. In Empire Imagined: The Personality of American Power, Giselle Donnelly traces the development of these enduring habits through a series of vignettes that reveal the interaction of a maturing strategic consensus and the contingencies inevitable in international politics and offers a unique perspective for understanding the current debate about America’s role in the world. LEARN MORE 
Refighting The Vietnam War
by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness Triumph Regained shows that America’s war in Vietnam could have been won earlier at far less cost, and in fact almost was, even belatedly by 1968.  Europe’s Nuclear Discontent Euromissiles is a timely and relevant account of the value of diplomacy and of arms control negotiation during the last decade of the Cold War. READ MORE › In the despotic impulses of Israel's judiciary, we see echoes of Rousseau's Lawgiver and Plato's Philosopher King. READ MORE › The Last Great President William Inboden gives Ronald Reagan’s successful foreign policy the detailed history it deserves. On the Need to Touch Grass
What happens when an entire generation loses itself in a world of abstractions? 
Not Accountable revives the constitutional objections to “collective bargaining” by public servants. Will Americans listen this time? READ MORE ›  Edward Chancellor has given us a colorful and provocative review of the history, theory, and the profound effects of interest rates. READ MORE ›  
The Sultan's Fleet: Seafarers of the Ottoman Empire https://www.meforum.org/63867/the-sultan-fleet-seafarers-of-the-ottoman-empire 
A new book explores the complexities of one of the architects of American foreign policy. READ MORE ›    It May Be Different Than You Think
citing Philip Zelikow via Texas National Security ReviewI recently participated in a historical simulation run by the historian Philip Zelikow. Zelikow brilliantly applies micro-history methods of key historical events to highlight, ex ante, the difficult choices faced by policymakers.  The Life of an Unrepentant Old Whig Hayek's deep curiosity about the world was matched by considerable courage and intellectual integrity. READ MORE ›   In a debased modern society, Thomas Pfau finds hope in the transformative beauty of the world. READ MORE › The portrayal of widespread poverty and economic inequality is a distortion of statistics by economists inside and outside the government.
READ MORE ›  James Lacey capably explains Roman military strategy, but fails to grasp the motivations of Imperial Rome. READ MORE ›  
Berlin’s Dark, Enduring Heart
A new book offers an engaging, if ultimately unfulfilling, historical portrait of the city. |
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