Geopolitics

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China

Why The U.S. Isn’t Prepared For a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

David P. Goldman discusses the potential for China to invade Taiwan, and what Am...

By Moment of Truth

How The Financial Crisis Pushed China and America Apart

What is the relationship between the 2008 financial crisis and the deterioration...

By Moment of Truth

How China Is Taking Over Africa and the Global South

Why do developing nations overwhelmingly support China rather than the U.S.? Wil...

By Moment of Truth

Will China Collapse? (ft. David Goldman)

In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with David Go...

By Moment of Truth

The Case for a Hard Break With China

“Even if China were to disarm tomorrow, credibly forswearing any aspirations b...

By Oren Cass and Gabriela Rodriguez

Why is China on the move in the South Pacific?

A special 60 Minutes investigation revealing China's soft invasion of Australia�...

By 60 Minutes Australia

Geopolitics of the South China Sea in 2023

The US military is planning to have a transformative year in the Pacific. To the...

By Johnny Harris

Russia

Ukraine: The Disputed Question

Mark Helprin and Michael Anton debate the war in Ukraine....

By Mark Helprin and Michael Anton

Why Are We in Ukraine?

"The United States, thus far in a less bloody way, is also involved in a war it ...

By Christopher Caldwell

How NATO’s expansion helped drive Putin to invade Ukraine

Ukraine, as the largest former Soviet republic in Europe besides Russia itself, ...

By Becky Sullivan

‘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...

By William Ruger

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....

By Bradley Devlin

Iraq, Afghanistan Provide Lessons on US Weapons Flows

Will this latest batch of weapons headed to Ukraine finally win the peace? While...

By James R. Webb

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 ...

By Moment of Truth

NATO Delenda Est (feat. Dr. Sumantra Maitra)

Dr. Sumantra Maitra joins Moment of Truth to talk NATO, foreign policy, realism,...

By Moment of Truth

Will Great Powers War Once More? (feat. Elbridge Colby)

Elbridge Colby talks U.S.-China competition, Taiwan, geopolitics, and more on Mo...

By Moment of Truth

Biden’s Build Back Beijing Plan (feat. Michael Stumo)

Michael Stumo talks trade, Biden's 'Build Back Better' plan, industrial policy, ...

By Moment of Truth

Janky Wars, Jingoism, and Joe Biden (feat. Dan Caldwell)

Dan Caldwell joins Moment of Truth to talk realism and restraint, the situation ...

By Moment of Truth

Can We Please Buy Greenland? (feat. Nick Solheim)

In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sit downs with American Moment's very own ...

By Moment of Truth

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...

By Moment of Truth

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Arctic Fever

"A new book makes a strong case that Russia’s Arctic policy does not present a...

By Nick Solheim

Who Is Winning The Scramble For Africa?

Russia and China have their claws in Africa, outflanking the West on economic an...

By Thomas Fazi

‘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...

By Micah Meadowcroft

Getting Serious About Responsible Defense Spending

"Congress needs to take a Moneyball approach to our national defense," writes Dr...

By Dr. Kevin Roberts

The Collapse of Globalization and America’s Retreat

Peter Zeihan, geopolitical strategist and author of The End of the World Is Just...

By Realignment Podcast

How TSMC Became a Linchpin of the Global Economy

At a time of shortages and superpower competition over new technology, the compa...

By Kathrin Hille

The Mineral Conflict Is Here

The Ukraine War is resulting in the biggest shock to the global energy system si...

By Brian Balkus

Middle East

How Bush Sold a War to the American People

Johnny Harris explores the run up to the Iraq war, and how the invasion of Iraq ...

By Johnny Harris

Many Arms and Little Influence in the Middle East

Rather than speeding up sales to these risky countries, U.S. policymakers should...

By Jordan Cohen and Jon Hoffman

The Impact of the Abraham Accords

Mohammed Soliman writes on the impact of the Abraham Accords in The National Int...

By Mohammed Soliman

Janky Wars, Jingoism, and Joe Biden (feat. Dan Caldwell)

Dan Caldwell joins Moment of Truth to talk realism and restraint, the situation ...

By Moment of Truth

Iraq Invasion: The Road To Folly

"A war that fails to achieve clear political objectives is merely an exercise in...

By Eric S. Margolis

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...

By Moment of Truth

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...

By Anthony J. Constantini

George Kennan’s Warning on Ukraine

"If alive today, Kennan would note the danger of cornering the Russians to the p...

By Frank Costigliola

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...

By John J. Mearsheimer

Why Russia and China Are Strengthening Security Ties

Alexander Gabuev explores whether or not the United States has played a role in ...

By Alexander Gabuev

Why Nation-States Are Good

The nation-state remains the best foundation for capitalism, and hyper-globalisa...

By Dani Rodrik

Intel Community

How to Fix the FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has become a serious threat to the libertie...

By Steven G. Bradbury

A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century

"Since 2016, the federal government has spent billions of dollars on turning the...

By Jacob Siegel

Tucker Carlson on Leak of Classified Ukraine Documents

Fox News host Tucker Carlson gives his take on the leak of classified government...

By Tucker Carlson Tonight

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...

By Christopher Caldwell

The American Security State Comes Home

After 21 years, it appears we have gone full circle: the War on Terror’s “yo...

By Arta Moeini and David Carment

Glenn Greenwald: Democrats Have Become Increasingly Authoritarian

Glenn Greenwald breaks down a mountain of evidence showing that Democrats are mu...

By Glenn Greenwald

History

Reckoning with Colonialism

As a moral framework for assessing regimes in an imperfect world, Colonialism: A...

By Samuel Gregg

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...

By Stephen Kinzer

John Quincy Adams’ 1821 Independence Day Address

Then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams used this speech to lay out his vision...

By President John Quincy Adams

Europe

Boomer Europe is Dying

“Half museum and half retirement home, Europe grew fat and complacent as histo...

By Aris Roussinos

Ungovernable France

A divided country lurches toward nationalism, writes Christopher Caldwell in the...

By Christopher Caldwell

Britain Is Dead

Despite its early industrial dominance, Britain’s elites never managed to adap...

By Samuel Mcilhagga

How NATO’s expansion helped drive Putin to invade Ukraine

Ukraine, as the largest former Soviet republic in Europe besides Russia itself, ...

By Becky Sullivan

Europe Is The Free-Rider Continent

“The cuddly form of capitalism embraced in Europe has markedly failed to creat...

By "Charlemagne"

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. ...

By Joshua Keating

Germany’s Apokalypse Now

The worst nightmares of Europe’s sleeping giant are coming true all at once....

By Jeremy Stern

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