It has always struck me as odd that the most thoughtful advocates of protectionism within the conservative movement also tend to be the fiercest advocates of non-interventionism. Patrick Buchanan ...

A Sense of Power: The Roots of America’s Global Role. John A. Thompson, 2015. The story of the United States’ ascendance to the pinnacle of global power has been told many times before, by authors ...

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma we listen to a talk from Eli Lake, a national security journalism fellow at the Clements Center and a syndicated columnist on foreign affairs for Bloomberg. Lake ...

"Empires either decline or they grow. If America is to survive and flourish, Americans must realize that empire isn't a choice: It's a duty.” Ben Shapiro This is interventionism's toxic fruit. America ...

This is part of a debate about humanitarian intervention. Click here to read other contributions by Richard Just, Leon Wieseltier, and Michael Kazin. There is a great deal of debate, not least in both ...

French bombs have been falling on Syria since the end of September, reinforcing France’s tough new image in the international and English-speaking press. The French have been known for many years as ...

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Back in March, Roger Cohen wrote of how Iraq taught him to be cautious about intervening recklessly in countries we don't understand: There are many reasons I oppose a Western military intervention in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From Mr Luca J Uberti. Sir, It is hard to disagree with a call for pragmatism in matters of economic policy ...