Foreign Affairs
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Can Politicians Responsibly Discuss the Risks of War?
Will the 2016 election be about foreign policy? And, if it is, can non-interventionist conservatives win that…
Incoherence, Petulance, and Obama’s Middle East Policy
The Obama administration’s Middle East policy is becoming something worse than a failure. It is turning into…
St. John Paul II and the “Tyranny of the Possible”
The reputations of the great often diminish over time. Ten years after his holy death on April…
When Africa Bleeds
Seldom in recent memory has the Western world seemed more united than on January 11, 2015, when…
Ukraine: Disinformation and Confusion
Two recent interviews in the National Catholic Register suggest that there’s considerable confusion about what’s what in Ukraine. Those…
Evangelical Challenges for Vatican Diplomacy
The bilateral diplomacy of the Holy See is unique in world affairs, in that it has little…
Europe and Nothingness
In the wake of the horrific jihadist attack on the Paris-based journal Charlie Hebdo, the trope “satirical magazine”…
An Ever Evolving Queen
I don’t go all gooey over royalty, especially British royalty, but that didn’t stop my daughter, when…
Europe’s Euthanasia Craze
The case of Frank Van Den Bleeken—the Belgian murderer and rapist who requested to be euthanized rather…
Africa’s Catholic Moment
According to an old Vatican aphorism, “We think in centuries here.” Viewed through that long-distance lens, the…
What Christianity Contributes to China’s Economic Rise
What has fueled China’s remarkable economic growth that has lifted more than 500 million people out of…
Spurgeon at Year’s End
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was a cigar-smoking Baptist pastor in Victorian London whose influence, even in his…
Beyond Cuba and Castro
Dear reader, First Things provides a place where faith has a voice. Will you make sure that…
So ISIS Is Not Infidel—Are Christians?
The Egyptian university, Al-Azhar, the world’s oldest and most prestigious seat of Sunni Muslim scholarship, refused to…
Kowtowing to Moscow = Bad Ecumenism
In his tireless work for Christian unity, St. John Paul II often expressed the hope that Christianity…
