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Putin, the once and future Chekist
It is only by understanding the phenomenon of Chekism that you can truly understand the Russian leader.
Gordon Corera
August 20, 2025
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Long-form writing from leading scholars and commentators on history, statecraft, warfare, philosophy and culture.
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The enduring allure of the summit
The tortuous practice of Russian-Western summitry has, for all of its all-too-frequent failures, occasionally produced impressive results.
Sergey Radchenko
August 14, 2025
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The case for a conservative canon
Conservatism, once grounded in enduring moral and cultural truths, has lost its poetic soul.
Michael Lucchese
August 13, 2025
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How the Georgians embraced energy abundance
Europe must rediscover the Georgian hunger for abundance and offer vigorous support to today’s equivalents of Arkwright, Hargreaves, Watt, Wedgwood, and Stephenson.
David Cowan
August 7, 2025
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Japan under Pax Americana
The American occupation of Japan, imposed in the wake of the Second World War, employed an uneasy combination of liberty and repression. Yet it allowed a new nation to emerge from ..
Christopher Harding
August 6, 2025
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Sell Fukuyama, buy Kuehnelt-Leddihn
The Austrian-born polymath Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn has returned to relevance as a prophet of the West's crisis of democracy.
Gerald Warner
August 5, 2025
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America’s role in the creation of Europe’s postwar prosperity
In the aftermath of the the Second World War, European policymakers struggled to resolve the security dilemma that had long cursed Franco-German relations. American energy and skil..
Thomas F. Remington
July 31, 2025
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In conversation with Elisabeth Kendall on what the Houthis really want
Elisabeth Kendall, acclaimed expert on jihadist movements and the Arab World, spoke to EI’s Jack Dickens about the current state of the Middle East, what drives the Houthis, and wh..
Engelsberg Ideas
July 30, 2025
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When nature took flight
In The Birds of America, a monumental achievement in every sense, John James Audubon wanted more than to illustrate nature. He made it come alive in his art, humbling mankind in th..
Christoph Irmscher
July 24, 2025