Foreign Affairs
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The Left Bank of the Rhine
Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, who passed away on Friday, cultivated an air of provincial, down-to-earth ordinariness,…
Anne Frank’s Enduring Testament
Seventy-five years ago this month, Anne Frank began a diary, reflecting: “Writing in a diary is a…
Nationalism After Trump
During the 2016 election, some Trump supporters argued that this was our last chance to save American…
Thoughts on the Western Wall, Fifty Years Later
Photographs can capture exceptional moments in an iconic way, making the original experience “present” emotionally as well…
The Universal Russian Soul
Russia is turning inward. As the fabric of purpose and identity seems to fray among Western nations,…
Pope Francis’s Dichotomies
The Roots of Pope Francis’s Social and Political Thought:From Argentina to the Vaticanthomas r. rourkerowman and littlefield,…
Watching George Pell
Cardinal George Pell, emeritus Archbishop of Sydney and now resident in Rome, is Australia’s most senior prelate.…
Bearing Witness from Prison in Indonesia
He is called Ahok, and until a few weeks ago he was one of Indonesia’s most powerful…
Never Mind Le Pen and Macron
Never mind Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron: The real story of the French presidential race was…
The Nationalism Muddle
When it comes to understanding the divides within the right, I think that some of the labels…
No Apology for Nostalgia
Is there any dirtier word than “nostalgia”? The problems with a politics of nostalgia are widely recognized.…
Goodbye, Left and Right
Flagged down on his way to the polls in a ritzy part of Paris, a French voter…
The Land of Athanasius and its Lessons
The visit of Pope Francis to Egypt last week (April 28-29) was an act of personal courage,…
France is a Broken Country
The results of the first round of France’s 2017 presidential election have predictably been portrayed as embodying…
Anti-Christianity in France
On the day after François Fillon’s victory in the Republican primary in France last November, the leftist…
