Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

Many recent histories, including Samuel P. Huntington’s, allege that cultural divisions drive policies on Civilization A that are inherently in conflict with those of…

This post was co-authored with my friend and colleague Lt. Patrick Larsen. Pat is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and a graduate student at the University of…

It started the New Year at 53, hopelessly out of shape and in the midst of an existential crisis of such terrible complexity the Greek Gods would wonder whether they hadn’t missed…

The Egyptian dream of a peaceful revolution may have vanished under the cudgels of goon squads loyal to the Mubarak regime – the dream of freedom certainly hasn’t. That is what…

For tomorrow, 26 January, the European Commission had announced to present a revised EU raw materials strategy. Based on the 2008 raw materials initiative, the new document was…

The political reaction to the economic crisis shows two things: First, in moments of great crisis, the nation-state is the first port-of-call. With economic stability at stake and…