A Nuclear-Armed Trump?
Nobody pretends that Trump is thoughtful. But even his claim of strong leadership is hollow. He is incredibly erratic, unstable, and thin-skinned.
A Foreign Policy for a Conservative President
A new book from the John Hay Initiative, Choosing to Lead, presents thoughtful foreign policy proposals the GOP should consider.
Who Needs to Bone Up on Foreign Policy?
As Scott Walker appears to be preparing a bid for the 2016 Republican nomination, he has been suggesting that his time spent as governor of Wisconsin demonstrates some leadership qualities ...
Why We Like Ike
In a recent column, Commentary’s Seth Mandel contends that Dwight Eisenhower was no great model for conservatives — that, in fact, his foreign policy was “muddled, improvised, confused, and often ...
Toward a Reform-Conservative Foreign Policy
During the Obama era, a number of center-right thinkers including Yuval Levin, Ross Douthat, and Ramesh Ponnuru have worked to develop and articulate a “reform conservatism” capable of addressing pressing ...
The GOP at War
The testy exchange this summer over U.S. counterterrorism practices—involving two leading potential GOP presidential candidates, Kentucky senator Rand Paul and New Jersey governor Chris Christie—is part of a broad and ...
The Al Davis Doctrine
Both Congress and the White House are wrestling with the problem of how to resolve America’s military engagements in Libya and Afghanistan. Even many normally hawkish conservatives are questioning the ...
Reaganite Iran Strategy
After years of fruitless outreach to the Islamic Republic of Iran, a troublesome question is now being discussed in Washington: What if the differences between Iran and the United States ...