Foreign Affairs
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Certain Idea of France
De Gaulleby julian jacksonharvard, 928 pages, $39.95 Using pick handles and rifle butts, the police force of…
An Open Letter to Cardinal Reinhard Marx
Your Eminence: I noted with interest your recent announcement of a “binding synodal process” during which the…
Redeeming the Time with St. Patrick
Every St. Patrick’s Day, some people insist on repeating “surprising” facts about Ireland’s patron saint. One of…
The Holy See and Cardinal Pell
Cardinal George Pell’s December 2018 conviction on charges of “historic sexual abuse” was a travesty of justice,…
The Most Anti-Christian Country on Earth
The Taoiseach (to outsiders, Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar) recently responded to a call for crucifixes to…
The Future of Brexit
After a recent trip to Leicester, England, I glanced at how the region voted in the referendum.…
Homecoming
In the mid-1980s, my wife and I were invited to a baptism and to the post-christening reception…
Can the West Find Forgiveness?
World leaders’ interventions in the West’s current migrant controversy are rarely helpful. In February 2017, Pope Francis, speaking…
Revolution, 30 Years On
It was like a graduation party. So says the historian Philipp Ther, who joined the protests in…
The West Is Stirring
Some people make things happen; some people watch things happening; some people don’t know what’s happening.” This…
The Contradictions of Liberal Globalism
As 2019 begins, one useful way to take stock of world events is to compare the outcomes…
A Swedish Christmas
Swedish Yule (Jul) traditions are not what you think they are. Perhaps you picture silent midwinter darkness,…
China’s Future in the Balance
Since the beginning of the month, the Chinese government has arrested dozens of leaders and members of…
The Jewels of England
When visiting the southern United States, I have occasionally been amused to hear the Civil War described…
Protest of the Provinces
Founded in 1958, the French Fifth Republic has been one of the longest-lasting regimes in the nation’s…
