Essays
We Will Bury Them!

Most American towns put hideous power lines up in the air, where they are predictably battered by storms. Why?

Not with My Thucydides, You Don't

A sometimes realist takes issue with a sometimes idealist over a long-deceased Greek.

Empires and Barbarians

Pre- and postmodern “barbarians” have much in common, with sobering implications for U.S. strategy and the War on Terror.

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Exit Interview
John Bolton

On January 10, 2007, TAI editor Adam Garfinkle sat with the outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to discuss political philosophy, foreign policy and bureaucratic craft.

Schlock and Awe

A short history of Suburbia, its discontents and its ironies.

Liberal Is as Liberal Does

Pace Allen Lynch, it’s both possible and wise for Western policy to challenge Putin’s anti-democratic ways.

Don't Feed the Bear

Nope, it’s neither possible nor wise.

The Myth of Russian Resurgence

Fear of revived Russian power is exaggerated.

A Letter To Our Benefactors

America’s charitable foundations are benign, influential—and endangered.

On Civil War

Relations among states are characterized by anarchy, relations within states by civil order, right? Not any more.

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