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Online Exclusive 05/20/2026 Online Essay

Trump’s Imperial Infantilism and Europe’s Failure of Moral Witness: What Arendt Can Teach us About Political (Im)Maturity

Online Exclusive 05/14/2026 Essay

Leverage through Complicity

The essay explores risks of the U.S. presidential pardon system, analyzing how individuals can be compelled to do bad things through complicity in wrongdoing.

Online Exclusive 04/27/2026 Online Essay

Humanitarian Aid for Minerals: Trump’s Transactional Statecraft and the Weaponization of Dependency

Framed as a pragmatic “America First” foreign policy, conditioning aid risks institutionalizing exploitative dynamics and contributing to human suffering under the guise of development cooperation.

Online Exclusive 08/19/2013 Blog

In Memoriam: Jean Bethke Elshtain (1941-2013)

Celebrating Jean Bethke Elshtain, one of the preeminent political theorists of our time.

Online Exclusive 08/8/2013 Blog

What Is American Exceptionalism?

The institutions, processes, and values that have shaped American history, among them the rise of capitalism, the spread of political democracy, the rise and fall ...

Online Exclusive 07/24/2013 Blog

Upcoming Conferences of Interest

These upcoming conferences may be of interest to our readers.

Online Exclusive 07/16/2013 Blog

The Flaws in FAO's New Measurements of Hunger

In this Policy Brief, forthcoming in the Fall issue, leading international development specialists critique the methodology used in 2012 by FAO to count the world's hungry. ...

Online Exclusive 07/11/2013 Blog

Whales, Law, and Science: Australia v. Japan at the ICJ

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) met recently to begin hearing its most prominent case in years. It pits two heavyweights, Australia and Japan, against ...