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March 19, 2020|Bear Braumoeller, Liberal World Order, peace, Steven Pinker, War

Have We Seen the End of War?

The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) transits the Arabian Gulf, Feb. 22, 2020 (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Griffin Kersting/Released).

Braumoeller dispatches the unconvincing argument that, as Pinker claims, the spread of “Renaissance humanism and empathy” is driving a decline in war.

November 2, 2018|great powers, Matthew Kroenig, nuclear deterrence, peace, United States, War

The Long Nuclear Peace

by Brian A. Smith|

Still image from Operation Crossroads, U.S. nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946 (Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com).

Prudence sometimes dictates that we contemplate the unthinkable, if only to keep it at bay.

Stuck With Decadence

A discussion with Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.

Can the Postmodern Natural Law Remedy Our Failing Humanism?

A discussion with Graham McAleer

Graham McAleer discusses how postmodern natural law can help us think more coherently about human beings and our actions.

Did the Civil Rights Constitution Distort American Politics?

A discussion with Christopher Caldwell

Christopher Caldwell discusses his new book, The Age of Entitlement.

America, Land of Deformed Institutions

A discussion with Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin pinpoints that American alienation and anger emerges from our weak political, social, and religious institutions.

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