Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny Dies in Brutal Arctic Gulag
Paul Kengor, Spectator In a breaking story that will have serious international implications, we’re just learning from the Russians that dissident and opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Day: February 17, 2024
The Taiwan Catastrophe
Erickson & Gabriel B. Collins & Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs What America—and the world—would lose if China took the island.
What to know about the situation in the Middle East this week
As Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks flounder, Israel is vowing to press ahead with its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip despite warnings from the U.S. to work harder to protect civilians. Violence spiked across the volatile Israel-Lebanon border. This…
Lebanon and the Israel-Hezbollah War
Antonio Graceffo, Providence Lebanon is wrapped up in a complex web of religious and sectarian alliances and rivalries
Odysseus Lost
Michael J. Scanlon, Chronicles A new novel suggests compelling and realistic ways of thinking about the problems confronted by returning soldiers.
Ending the Churn: Solving the Army’s Recruiting Crisis
Robert G. Rose, MWI In November, the U.S. Army gifted an early, unexpected Christmas present for eight hundred noncommissioned officers. Because the Army bureaucracy had underestimated…
Who Paid the Authors of the Border Bill?
Adam Mill, Chronicles Everything we know about the so-called “bipartisan” border bill suggests that it is has been worked out at the behest of powerful interests that have nothing to do with…