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China
The Geopolitics of Microchips
The US and China are fighting a war. It's a weird one that's hard to see. It's b...
War and Industrial Policy
War means industry. Wars cannot be fought with supply chains that crisscross a g...
Breaking Down New Tech Export Controls On China
The US Commerce Department just dropped 100+ pages of new export control regulat...
Will Great Powers War Once More? (feat. Elbridge Colby)
Elbridge Colby talks U.S.-China competition, Taiwan, geopolitics, and more on Mo...
America’s Industrial Base Isn’t Ready for War With China
Washington must invest immediately in a domestic capacity to build and repair mi...
Sino-Forming of Global South Passes Point of No Return
As Western nations question the benefits of globalization, China has become the ...
Two Kinds of Détente
A strategy of détente with Russia and China would buy the United States time to...
Russia
‘Ukraine Maximalists’ On The Right Still Dominate. But For How Long?
Their position is eroding as more Republicans are worried about the threat of es...
Symposium: Lessons From Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
As the one-year mark of the Ukraine-Russia war approaches, Moscow has failed in ...
By Various
BlackRock Plots to Buy Ukraine
BlackRock will be creating a roadmap for reconstruction for Ukraine....
Iraq, Afghanistan Provide Lessons on US Weapons Flows
Will this latest batch of weapons headed to Ukraine finally win the peace? While...
George Kennan’s Warning on Ukraine
"If alive today, Kennan would note the danger of cornering the Russians to the p...
Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin...
Are We Sure America Is Not at War in Ukraine?
Are we at war in Ukraine? If we swapped places — if Russian apparatchiks admit...
Moment of Truth Episodes
Why Russia Fell Flat (feat. Dr. Jon Askonas)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Dr. Jon ...
NATO Delenda Est (feat. Dr. Sumantra Maitra)
Dr. Sumantra Maitra joins Moment of Truth to talk NATO, foreign policy, realism,...
Will Great Powers War Once More? (feat. Elbridge Colby)
Elbridge Colby talks U.S.-China competition, Taiwan, geopolitics, and more on Mo...
Biden’s Build Back Beijing Plan (feat. Michael Stumo)
Michael Stumo talks trade, Biden's 'Build Back Better' plan, industrial policy, ...
Janky Wars, Jingoism, and Joe Biden (feat. Dan Caldwell)
Dan Caldwell joins Moment of Truth to talk realism and restraint, the situation ...
To End Our Empire In Afghanistan (feat. Will Ruger)
In Today's "Moment of Truth," we sit down with Will Ruger, a veteran of the Afgh...
Can We Please Buy Greenland? (feat. Nick Solheim)
In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sit downs with American Moment's very own ...
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‘The World That We Will Live and Die In’
“There’s been this desire in the last 50 or 60 years…to define America’s...
Getting Serious About Responsible Defense Spending
"Congress needs to take a Moneyball approach to our national defense," writes Dr...
The Collapse of Globalization and America’s Retreat
Peter Zeihan, geopolitical strategist and author of The End of the World Is Just...
How TSMC Became a Linchpin of the Global Economy
At a time of shortages and superpower competition over new technology, the compa...
The Mineral Conflict Is Here
The Ukraine War is resulting in the biggest shock to the global energy system si...
By Brian Balkus
Defense Contracting is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.
America swapped innovation for stagnation. Defense R&D—a cornerstone of Americ...
No One Wants to Join The Military Anymore
Our elites’ culture war has targeted the very Americans who traditionally enli...
By Jeff Groom
Middle East
The Impact of the Abraham Accords
Mohammed Soliman writes on the impact of the Abraham Accords in The National Int...
Janky Wars, Jingoism, and Joe Biden (feat. Dan Caldwell)
Dan Caldwell joins Moment of Truth to talk realism and restraint, the situation ...
Iraq Invasion: The Road To Folly
"A war that fails to achieve clear political objectives is merely an exercise in...
To End Our Empire In Afghanistan (feat. Will Ruger)
In Today's "Moment of Truth," we sit down with Will Ruger, a veteran of the Afgh...
Data-Driven Defeat: Information Versus Interests in Afghanistan
"A broad consensus among the D.C. foreign policy establishment has held that Ame...
By Jacob Siegel
The True Cost of War (feat. Joe Kent) | Moment of Truth Ep. 16
In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh & Nick sit down with Joe Kent, former Gree...
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
A former foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe and The New York Times, Step...
Realism Theory
The Case for a Restrained Republican Foreign Policy
Conservatives Can’t Go Back to Ignoring the Limits of American Power ...
By Dan Caldwell
The Monroe+ Doctrine: A 21st Century Update for America’s Foreign Policy
America’s foreign policy has been adrift since 2003, clinging to outdated doct...
George Kennan’s Warning on Ukraine
"If alive today, Kennan would note the danger of cornering the Russians to the p...
Emmanuel Todd: World War III has already begun
French historian Emmanuel Todd says that the West is now in an existential confl...
By Rob Lownie
Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin...
Why Russia and China Are Strengthening Security Ties
Alexander Gabuev explores whether or not the United States has played a role in ...
Why Nation-States Are Good
The nation-state remains the best foundation for capitalism, and hyper-globalisa...
By Dani Rodrik
Intel Community
The CIA: Bumbling Intelligence
"The CIA’s task is to lead a frenzied clamor of alarm about “disinformation,...
By Martin Gurri
Regime Change, American Style: The Real Story of Watergate
Nixon’s enemies indulged in a retrospective moralization of Watergate, obfusca...
The American Security State Comes Home
After 21 years, it appears we have gone full circle: the War on Terror’s “yo...
Glenn Greenwald: Democrats Have Become Increasingly Authoritarian
Glenn Greenwald breaks down a mountain of evidence showing that Democrats are mu...
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Warning Against The “Military Industrial Complex”
President Eisenhower's dire last-minute warning against what he called 'The Mili...
History
The Hell of Good Intentions: America’s Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy
In The Hell of Good Intentions, Stephen Walt critiques liberal hegemony and the ...
By Stephen Walt
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
A former foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe and The New York Times, Step...
John Quincy Adams’ 1821 Independence Day Address
Then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams used this speech to lay out his vision...
Europe
Europe Is The Free-Rider Continent
“The cuddly form of capitalism embraced in Europe has markedly failed to creat...
The U.S. effort to arm Ukraine starts in Scranton, Pennsylvania
The war in Ukraine has led to a huge surge in U.S. ammunition production. ...
Germany’s Apokalypse Now
The worst nightmares of Europe’s sleeping giant are coming true all at once....
By Jeremy Stern
NATO Delenda Est (feat. Dr. Sumantra Maitra)
Dr. Sumantra Maitra joins Moment of Truth to talk NATO, foreign policy, realism,...
NATO Expansion for Finland and Sweden: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Distraction from U.S. Interests
"What is the hegemonic threat potential of a great power across a continent that...
Zemmour is the Future
"Éric Zemmour is running for president in France. Americans should pay attentio...
The Hungarian Way of Strategy
The Hungarian Way of Strategy is a riveting, tangible, and applicable read. Unli...
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