World Politics Review has published a special issue on “NATO’s Identity Crisis” ahead of next month’s Lisbon summit and the unveiling of a new Strategic Concept. I contributed the lead essay, “NATO in an Age of Austerity.”
Should the UN expand the number of permanent Security Council members?
Daniel Larison’s “The Case Against NATO” makes compelling reading. In my New Atlanticist post “The Case Against the Case Against NATO,” I explain why it’s wrong.
Mohandas Ghandi pioneered the idea of non-violent resistance, but there are times and places where non-violence is little more than a ticket to a death camp.
If it’s September, it must be time for Mahmoud Ahmadinjad to stand up before the United Nations General Assembly and say something completely insane.
America’s elite universities have proportionately fewer slots than their English and French counterparts. Does it matter?
Is our Federal system a mere political compromise? Or were the Founding Fathers visionaries with a plan?
If you think anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States is running high, a look across the Pond will put things in perspective.
More odd developments inside the modern day version of the Hermit Kingdom
Much to the disappointment of Ezra Klein and others, it’s unlikely that Democrats will have the votes necessary to change the filibuster when the 112th Congress convenes.
The world would undoubtedly be a better place if Islamic fundamentalism reached even 19th century Western notions of individualism and gender equality. But cultures evolve over decades, and bans on their practices are not useful means of promoting positive change within them.
My latest for The National Interest, arguing that the talk of crisis in Europe is overblown, is up. Naturally, they’ve titled it “Crisis in the EU.”
A bizarre rant in American Spectator contains some interesting thoughts about the nature of America’s political elite.
France’s Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday. Untold blacks have done it since 1968.
Another depressing poll demonstrating American historical ignorance.
Thomas Jefferson took great pains to hide the word he originally used for “citizens” in the Declaration of Independence.
“It’s illogical to hunt a species to extinction.” – Spock
