The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings Edited by Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom. Oxford University Press, 2022. Paperback, $29.95, 320 Pages. Reviewed by Samuel Sweeney. The last ten years have upended the...
By Francis P. Sempa. Patrick J. Buchanan has announced his retirement from writing his syndicated column. He is, at age 84, reportedly working on a memoir. Long before Donald Trump strode onto the political scene, Buchanan laid the intellectual foundations for an...
America’s Rise and Fall among Nations: Lessons in Statecraft from John Quincy Adams By Angelo M. Codevilla. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, $30.99, 288 pages. Reviewed by John C. Chalberg. Angelo Codevilla is no longer with us, but his erudite wisdom and earthy wit...
Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II By Paul Kennedy. Yale University Press, 2022. Hardcover, 544 Pages, $37.50. Reviewed by Casey Chalk. On the eve of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939, any observer would have...
China Unbound: A New World Disorder By Joanna Chiu. House of Anansi Press, 2021. Paperback, 304 pages, $20. Reviewed by Jason Morgan For most of the Donald Trump presidency, the news in the United States about the People’s Republic of China was edged with great-power...