Long-form writing from leading scholars and commentators on history, statecraft, warfare, philosophy and culture.
The substitution of Large Language Models for genuine thinking is a generational threat. At stake is no less than the life of the mind.
By learning the lessons of the 'long' 20th century, Western leaders can rebuild a more just and resilient international system fit for a new age of great-power competition.
Sooner rather than later, NATO leaders will have to address the issue of expansion directly, as they position the alliance to deal with Russia in the years ahead.
Russia is a Near Eastern country now subordinated to East Asia, but historically it has prospered most when tied closely to Europe.
President Trump’s recent confrontation with Iran is consistent with his longstanding approach to the Middle East – to strengthen America’s national security while seeking to reduce..
For centuries, scientific and technological advances have been exploited by intelligence officers. The digital revolution is no exception.
The great scholar of intellectual history, Quentin Skinner, has set the terms for a debate that is only just beginning about what liberty looks like after liberalism.
Theodore Roosevelt's rationale for his transformative and hard-nosed approach to American foreign policy is a warning from history to both isolationist opinion in the United States..
From the gung-ho glamour of Ian Fleming’s James Bond to the decline and disorder of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses, postwar British spy novels have captured the shifting myths and legen..
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