State of the Union
Listen in to Victor Davis Hanson as he talks with cohost Sami Winc about Biden’s State of the Union speech, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and a Ukraine update. Share This
Europe
Back To Reality
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss the top stories at the end of 2022: George Santos’ lies, Ukraine and Putin, status of Europe, our border crisis, Pete Buttigieg’s airline fiasco, and Elon Musk. Share This
Pushing the Envelopes in Ukraine
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness For all the dramatic late-summer Ukrainian success, we are witnessing yet another deadlock in the war—one that supposedly will be resolved by escalations on all sides. Mutually Exclusive Agendas A rebooted Ukraine is clamoring for more offensive arms. It claims it can win the war, with victory now giddily defined
Wokeness and Warring in Geopolitics
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the economic and political fate of Europe, wokeness as geopolitics, and the current state of the Ukraine war. Share This
Strategika Issue 56: The Defense of Europe
European Defense Please read a new essay by my colleague, Angelo M. Codevilla in Strategika. Europe was never a full partner in its own defense. The very question—Will Europe ever fully partner with the U.S., or will the European Union and NATO continue to downplay the necessity of military readiness?—is no longer meaningful as posed, because
Our Icarus-in-Chief
Obama’s global fantasies are falling to earth along with him. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online In the last two weeks, we learned that Bashar Assad has dismantled only 5 percent of his WMD arsenal, despite President Obama’s soaring rhetoric to the contrary. Russia violated a long-observed agreement with the U.S. about testing missiles. Iran’s take on the
The Failure of American Leadership
Obama’s foreign policy of appeasement has created a dangerous void in the international order. by Victor Davis Hanson // Defining Ideas The standard critique of President Obama’s foreign policy is now generally well-known—mercurial, paradoxical, and passive. “Leading from behind” seems at odds with the traditional American commitment to ensure—preferably with allies or, if need be, alone—the
Surreal and Suicidal: Modern Western Histories of Islam
by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com The full magnitude of the modern West’s ignorance of its own past recently struck me while rereading some early history books concerning the centuries-long jihad on Europe. The historical narrative being disseminated today simply bears very little resemblance to reality. Consider some facts for a moment: A mere decade after
An Irrelevant Middle East
Thanks to oil discoveries elsewhere, the region is losing its geostrategic clout. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Since antiquity, the Middle East has been the trading nexus of three continents — Asia, Europe, and Africa — and the vibrant birthplace of three of the world’s great religions. Share This
War’s Paradoxes II: From the Peloponnesian War to ‘Leading From Behind’
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media 1. Why Did Athens Lose the Peloponnesian War? It really did not in a way: Athens no more lost the war than Hitler did the Second World War between September 1939 and May 1941. Share This