• Defeating the dictators

    Binoy Kampmark     |      January 19, 2024

    A new book by Charles Dunst, a foreign policy advisor to Colorado Democratic Senator Michael F. Bennet, outlines a number of ways by which democracies can combat the threat of rising authoritarianism.

  • The less you know, the better you sleep

    Stephen Loosley     |      January 16, 2022

    While Putin and Xi bulldoze remembrance of the past in Russia and China to shore up their oppressive regimes, the west must also acknowledge its its history to face the future with greater resolve.

  • The dangerous allure of the Augustinian strongman

    Frederik Vervaet     |      January 5, 2019

    The Roman emperor Augustus is held up by some as a statesman who brought peace, and as a potential model for the future. But what was the cost of Augustus’ peace, and how relevant is his model today?