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Towards A Pro-Worker, Pro-Family Conservatism
These remarks were delivered at The American Conservative’s annual gala in Washington, D.C. on May 9.
China and Civic Piety
Micah Meadowcraft makes the case that the best way to take on China is by starting right here at home—rebuilding industry and helping working-class Americans first.
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
A former foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe and The New York Times, Stephen Kinzer provides a vivid and important history of American regime-change wars, offering a “warning as the United States seeks to define its role in the modern world.”
Julius Krein: A Strategy for National Development
Julius Krein’s remarks during the “What is Economic Nationalism?” panel at the 2019 National Conservatism Conference on July 16, 2019.
John Quincy Adams’ 1821 Independence Day Address
Then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams used this speech to lay out his vision for American foreign policy. In a famous passage, he states that “[America] goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.” His argument in this speech was that the United States should not interfere in the affairs of the European great powers, but rather focus on her own neighborhood.
A New Conservatism Must Emerge
A new Right is needed, one that understands itself as rooted in the noble cause of the American Revolution—unabashed and zealous in its determination to restore political liberty and politics.
Toward the Next Frontier
Offering a different perspective, Peter Juul and Ruy Teixeira make an interesting case for a new “liberal nationalism.”
Citizenship, Immigration, and the Nation-State
A reply to the hysterical arguments made by progressive liberals and others.
The Case for Offshore Balancing
In this piece, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt argue that the United States should return to a more restrained grand strategy—offshore balancing.
