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In an evaluation of my class “History of International Relations” (taught 48 consecutive semesters at The Institute of World Politics) one student wrote that “Professor Tierney spent too much time on World War I.” This was meant as a “negative” review, as “too much” was literal and, by definition, a complaint. As usual in such…

The world is witnessing an expanding pattern of aggression and belligerence from Moscow unparalleled in our lifetimes. NATO’s support for Ukraine is absolutely critical, and it should be increased to include longer-range missiles, combat tactical aircraft, combat helicopters, armored vehicles, and a steady resupply of artillery and munitions. However, the broader issue facing NATO is…

When even common courtesy is condemned by political partisans, we are seeing the real threat to Israel’s future. In his editorial comment in the Jerusalem Post on February 24th concerning the fact that after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was filmed shaking hands with and smiling at a Yesh Atid MK who returned to the Knesset…

Imagine you’re in a car, driving along an unpaved country road in Ukraine. It’s February, but poking out from the snow on either side of the road, you can see hundreds of acres of blackened, unharvested sunflowers. A quarter of a mile ahead of you, a dark green military truck appears on the horizon. Wanting to keep…

For defending freedom of speech, a journalist and a Polish minority activist in Belarus, Andrzej Poczobut, has just been sentenced to eight years in prison camps by dictator Alexsandr “Daddy” Lukashenka. Practically at the same time, half a world away, for speaking out for freedom of conscience, Father Óscar Danilo Benavidez Dávila, a Catholic priest, drew a 10 year sentence from Nicaragua…

This article was written by IWP Doctoral Candidate Frzand Sherko. U.S. pressure on Iraq to prevent dollar smuggling and dinar laundering can protect Iraq’s sovereignty and weaken Iran. But if executed without deliberation, this pressure could allow Russia and China to enhance their positions in the Middle East. Since November 2022, the U.S. Department of…

In my own view, the most definitive exploration of the causation of timeless warfare came out in 1959 by the late (deceased 2013) Kenneth N. Waltz, Man, The State, and War. The originator of the classic “neo-realist” theory of world politics, Waltz approached war from the vantage point of three distinct categories (“images”) that had…

Japan is finally ready to do some heavy military lifting as our ally. Given China’s continuous belligerence, and North Korea’s rabidity, it is very good news indeed, not only for the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, but also to others targeted by Beijing. As a bonus, the Japanese are also quite adversarial toward Russia. Prime…

This article was written by Nathan Hitchen (’19) for The American Conservative. The Neomercantilists should be on the shelf of every skeptic of globalization. What Russell Kirk’s book The Conservative Mind did for post-war conservatives, in relating a genealogy of ideas to a ragtag band of dissenters from the New Deal, Eric Helleiner’s recent book, The Neomercantilists: A…

This article was written by doctoral candidate Matthew Jenkins for The Space Review.  In the early days of airpower, foresighted theorists like Billy Mitchell petitioned hard to demonstrate the value that airpower could bring to the warfighting abilities of the United States. Ardently campaigning, Mitchell got permission from Congress to illustrate this capability when in…