Appeasement
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Reassessing Appeasement November 02, 2022
Like much else, the Russo-Ukrainian war and its build-up have drawn comparisons with the Nazi period. With other historical analogies seemingly lacking, some have cast 1989 and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union as the new 1918-19, while for...
West's Appeasement Policy Failed Once, and Will Again April 18, 2022
The world is now reeling in shock, witnessing widespread evidence of massive atrocities committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. In the recently liberated town of Bucha near Kyiv, the advancing Ukrainian army discovered mass graves, the bodies of fema...
Norman Podhoretz’s 'The Present Danger' at 40 June 19, 2020
Forty years ago, Norman Podhoretz, then editor of Commentary magazine, wrote a book entitled The Present Danger. It was a small book—a little over a hundred pages—but its influence was substantial and its principal themes were profound. The book deve...
Boxers Beget Century of War June 19, 2020
The Boxer rebellion in China in 1900 has many interesting parallels to events in the early 21st century. It saw an uprising in a non-western country against what was seen as the corrupting influence of western practices and ideologies. In some respec...
