Labor Books & Reviews

Missiles Over Tskhinvali

Thomas de Waal | Apr 20, 2010
Last summer, Russia and Georgia came to blows. Tbilisi’s pro-American president believed NATO would protect him in a fight with the big, bad bear.

Passions of Pope Victor

Philip Jenkins | Dec 16, 2009
As Europe secularized and the global South becomes the new market for potential converts, Christianity is undergoing a painful evolution.

A God For All Seasons

Alan Wolfe | Aug 25, 2009
Scholars of international relations have only recently begun to appreciate the power of religion. Their next step is to get religion right. No longer mysterious and magical, modernity has demystified the Higher Power.

Heirs of Sargon

Robert D. Kaplan | Jun 30, 2009
Iraq has a long and tortured history. Home to the tyrant, the origins of despotism lie in the primordial ooze of the Mesopotamian swamp. Yet for a brief moment fifty years ago, the land of two rivers experienced democracy.

Strategic Horizons

J. Peter Pham | Mar 01, 2006
Despite predictions to the contrary, America's superpower status remains uncontested.

The Origin of Modernity

S. T. Karnick | Jun 01, 2005
Modern Western discord stems from differing Enlightenment experiences.

French Without Tears

Martin Walker | Mar 01, 2005
Cet animal est très méchant; quand on l'attaque, il se défend. Quelquefois.

Dreaming Europe in a Wide-Awake World

James C. Bennett | Dec 01, 2004
When it comes to Europe's gilded future, success is always just around the corner. Europeanists need to wake up--or risk being left behind by an unlikely coalition.

A Man of Faith

Paul Hollander | Jun 01, 2003
Eric Hobsbawm's autobiography is a most revealing book--wittingly and otherwise. He turns out to have been a most catholic fellow.

The Beginning of Economic Wisdom

Michael Novak | Mar 01, 2003
Two primers on economics reveal a lingering philosophical divide in the intellectual imagination of our time.

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