The Many Entanglements of the ‘Indispensable Nation’

The New York Times published a report on Biden’s foreign policy record last week that annoyed a lot of analysts and other readers because of its original hyperbolic headline about the U.S. being “consumed by war” on Biden’s watch. As Joel Mathis noted, the headline...

Reflections on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Originally written in 2015 for the 70th anniversary; updated in 2020 for the 75th anniversary; reposted below along with a podcast for the 79th anniversary. It Should Never Be Done Again: Hiroshima, 75 Years...

A Reckless and Dangerous Israeli Assassination in Iran

The Israeli government assassinated the leader of Hamas’ political wing while he was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of the newly-elected Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian: Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political wing, was killed in Iran, Hamas announced...