July 2025


Politics June 2, 2025

Who can bring the Democrats together by 2028?

Their fundamental problem is that they have gone too far left for the median voter in the country

Ben Domenech

Politics June 2, 2025

How Trump’s favorite anthem became the barometer for his policies

If you played ‘YMCA’ as the outro to the latest announcement, would it force a smile? Or come across as completely inappropriate?

Kate Andrews

Culture June 2, 2025

Why everyone is talking about Bill Belichick

Jordon Hudson’s relationship with a five-decades-older boyfriend would be of no interest to the public were that boyfriend not a genius

Christopher Caldwell

Europe June 2, 2025

How Giorgia Meloni became Donald Trump’s EU whisperer

There’s no denying that the Italian Prime Minister has replaced Europe’s other statesmen as a leader with whom America can do business

Nicholas Farrell

Politics June 2, 2025

Can Ukraine secure its military survival?

We’re back to talk of war scenarios and military hardware. And those questions have changed radically since Putin invaded back in February 2022

Owen Matthews

Politics June 2, 2025

America no longer knows how to fight a war

At home and abroad, the question is no longer ‘which system is best?’ but ‘whose land is this?’

Daniel McCarthy

Politics June 2, 2025

The rise of Eric Trump

His path from Charlottesville vintner to crypto kingpin reveals something profound about power in this country

Kara Kennedy

Europe June 2, 2025

Europe’s identity crisis

Maybe it’s easiest to grasp what a culture is when you’ve lost it

Lionel Shriver

Europe June 2, 2025

Trust me: Trump’s revolution is coming to the UK

What I learned from debating at Oxford and Cambridge

Charlie Kirk

Politics June 2, 2025

Joe Biden’s puzzling legacy

At least since the disaster of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the unavoidable question was: who is running the US government?

Roger Kimball

Religion June 2, 2025

The anti-Semitism algorithm

China, Russia and Iran are fanning hatred online to undermine America

Peter Pomerantsev

Culture June 2, 2025

The derangement of Harvard

The university’s best line of defense would be to return to what it is meant to be

Douglas Murray

Europe June 2, 2025

Germany’s Bundeswehr bears no resemblance to an actual army

Money alone will not make it a force for which the country’s young are willing to fight and potentially die

Katja Hoyer

Culture June 2, 2025

The joy of getting lost

Before the advent of Google Maps, GPS, Starlink and the rest, getting lost was a doddle

Sean Thomas

International June 2, 2025

In conversation with Japan’s last ninja

‘It is sad that we are sometimes seen as just killers’

Philip Patrick

Education June 2, 2025

How to capture a lion

The Romans saw wild animals as enemies

Peter Jones

Tech June 2, 2025

How China is out-innovating the West

The West, bloated on its own hype, now faces a leaner competitor

Michael P. Gibson

Politics June 2, 2025

The frightening advance of China’s military capabilities

Close observers, including Putin, have noted Chinese military R&D has surpassed Russia and the West

Steve Hsu

Politics June 2, 2025

Inside the struggle for technological control in South Africa

The larger concern isn’t domestic equity – but China

Bridget Phetasy

Politics June 2, 2025

How deepfake fraud is rewiring our minds

All Americans are going to learn what it’s like to live in central New York City – but worse

Gus Carter

Politics June 2, 2025

The architects of ‘AI rights’ are a threat to humanity

Inside the body-denying ideology moving fast towards a technological dystopia

Jennifer Bilek