Blogs
The Arab Spring is a complex and quickly changing phenomenon that few people are adequately grasping. Several prominent thinkers and experts take a closer look.
Francis Fukuyama
Political Order in Egypt
How Samuel Huntington helps us understand the Jasmine Revolutions.
Lincoln A. Mitchell
Faded Colors
Untutored enthusiasts of the Jasmine Revolutions could take a few lessons from the Color Revolutions.
Robert Springborg & Clement M. Henry
Army Guys
The different social "locations" of the armies of Egypt and Tunisia explain the divergent paths of the recent upheavals in those two countries.
Wednesday, April 17, 1861
President Lincoln’s War Secretary Simon Cameron issued a proclamation on April 15th calling up troops from the states still in the Union, for a total of 94 regiments—73,391 men. Just as the fall of Ft. Sumter has solidified Union sentiment … Continue reading
Tuesday, April 16, 1861
The Confederate flag now hangs over Fort Sumter and stories describing the weekend’s events are pouring in, though many provide contradictory details from the earlier reports. We now hear that Fort Sumter was not badly damaged but that four Federal … Continue reading
Peter N. Stearns
Social Studies
David Brooks's attempt to popularize social science's recent harvest of insight succeeds. Mostly.
Kori Schake
The Allies We Need
An unsentimental checklist for assessing an ally's value in parlous times.
Jim Thomas
Protectorates and Partnerships
Collective defense in the coming century will require both greater reciprocity and more self-reliance on the part of our allies
