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In a Nuclear World, Peace Strategy is Complex

Ivan Eland | Apr. 26, 2022

Our Spanish Civil War?

Our Spanish Civil War? Deep and brutal strife in 1930s Spain was a prelude to the barbarity of World War II. Now with the war in Ukraine, we’re reminded that the veneer of civilization is very thin.

Victor Davis Hanson | Apr. 26, 2022

Loose Nuke Talk

Loose Nuke Talk: The world has become obsessed with nuclear weapons. Is there a danger in daily normalizing the abnormal and casually thinking the unthinkable?

Victor Davis Hanson | Apr. 15, 2022

The Nihilism of the Left

The Nihilism of the Left: In pursuit of its utopian omelet, the Left cares little about the millions of middle-class Americans it must break to make it.

Victor Davis Hanson | Apr. 6, 2022

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Book Reviews

A League of Democracies: Cosmopolitanism, Consolidation Arguments, ...

By John J. Davenport
Reviewed By Ted Galen Carpenter

A League of Democracies: Cosmopolitanism, Consolidation Arguments, and Global Public Goods

By John J. Davenport
Reviewed By Ted Galen Carpenter

The Politics of War Powers: The Theory and History of Presidential ...

Sarah Burns
Reviewed By Nathan P. Goodman

The Politics of War Powers: The Theory and History of Presidential Unilateralism

Sarah Burns
Reviewed By Nathan P. Goodman

The Price of Prestige: Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations

By Lilach Gilady
Reviewed By Jessica Trisko Darden

The Price of Prestige: Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations

By Lilach Gilady
Reviewed By Jessica Trisko Darden

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Research

The Collapse of Communism

By Karen LaFollette Araujo, Paul Craig Roberts
Article | Jan. 14, 2022

Polycentric Defense

By Christopher J. Coyne, Nathan P. Goodman
The Independent Review | Sep. 1, 2020

Incentives and Expectations: Community Relations and Recovery in Tamil Nadu after ...

Incentives and Expectations: Community Relations and Recovery in Tamil Nadu after the Indian Ocean Tsunami

By Nakul Kumar
The Independent Review | July 1, 2017

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