Foreign Affairs

Indifference Is Irresponsible

Ignoring foreign threats is gross moral and political irresponsibility, because it makes a cataclysm of unprecedented lethality more likely. Continue Reading »

9 Oct 2024

Israel, Hamas, and the War of Absolute Enmity

by Stiven Peter

The insidious nature of the left is to label Israel not just an enemy of “Palestine” or “Hamas” but an enemy of all mankind. Continue Reading »

7 Oct 2024

October 7 and the World’s Narrative

by Joshua T. Katz

In his commentary on Ezekiel, Robert W. Jenson wrote: “[I]n the conflicts of actual history, there is never a moral equivalency, however flawed and infected both sides may be; and we must pray that God fights for the better side.” Continue Reading »

7 Oct 2024

On the Ground in Ukraine

by Peter J. Leithart

Life in Ukraine is anything but normal. The war is always there, always close. Continue Reading »

13 Sep 2024

Canceled in China

by George Weigel

I wish that the Chinese regime had confidence in its people’s capacity for living nobly and productively as free men and women. Continue Reading »

11 Sep 2024

Equality on the Temple Mount

by Cole S. Aronson

The Israeli state should not extend the “historic” restriction of Jewish rights on the pretext of Muslim rage. Continue Reading »

10 Sep 2024

On Distinguishing Justice and Vengeance

by Francis X. Maier

After a decade of media outrage, Vatican oversight, victim reparations, and reform, one might expect that the SCV would be allowed a breather to rebuild. Not so. Continue Reading »

29 Aug 2024