Ukraine and the End of History

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Frank Furedi joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, The Road to Ukraine: How the West Lost its Way. Continue Reading »

3 Jan 2023

Genocide in Ukraine?

by George Weigel

It’s time to stop sloganeering and get serious about what is happening in Eastern Europe. Continue Reading »

30 Nov 2022

Preaching the Gospel in War-Torn Ukraine

by Jonathon Van Maren

Even among the ashes and rubble of war-torn Ukraine, the light of faith flickers faithfully on.  Continue Reading »

27 Sep 2022

America's Ideological Temptation

by R. R. Reno

The West has adopted aspects of the old Kremlin mentality. Continue Reading »

1 Sep 2022

Christian Solidarity vs. Barbarism

by George Weigel

This instinct for solidarity is one marker of a living Christian culture. Continue Reading »

31 Aug 2022

Wars and Choices

by George Weigel

The choice Ukrainians have made—the choice to defend their nationhood and their democracy—poses choices for the rest of the world. Continue Reading »

24 Aug 2022

Paradise Here and Now

by Samira Kawash

The resurgent nationalisms of recent decades have been one response to the homogenizing impulses of globalization—but nation is not the solution to homelessness in Eugene Vodolazkin’s Brisbane. Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2022

The Lessons of Russian Warmaking

by George Weigel

Four and a half months after Russia invaded Ukraine on the Orwellian pretext of “de-Nazification,” what have we learned about, and from, the Russian way of war?
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6 Jul 2022

Putin’s Post-Stalinist Project

by Roberto de Mattei

In Putin’s proposal, the transcendent dimension of religion is absorbed by the political, reversing the primacy of religion over politics that has always characterized the spiritual tradition of the Christian West. Continue Reading »

21 Jun 2022

The Summer Reading List: A Ukrainian Primer

by George Weigel

Given the rubbish about Ukraine spewed out by Russian propaganda trolls and regurgitated by foolish or ideologically besotted Americans, this year’s annual summer reading list will focus on serious books that explain the background of a conflict that will shape Europe’s future—and ours. Continue Reading »

8 Jun 2022