White supremacist Dylann Roof extends a national tradition of ritual slaying.
Michael Vlahos
Anti-Militarism: A Source of Modern German Confidence
With nothing left to prove on battlefields, Germany can pursue other tasks and strategies.
Why Putin Misses the Soviet Union So Much
The Soviet Union was Russia’s most inspiring claim to Russia’s identity.
Putin’s and Russia’s Quest for Identity and Belonging
How withholding respect for Russia could lead to war.
Charlie Hebdo and the Project of French Identity
What to do when you are no longer the next universal vision for humanity?
China’s Millennial Doubts
China will soon be under new leadership. But the real change in China is taking place further down the generational chain.
America’s Dark Shadows: Aurora, Sikhs and Guns
Can the inhuman act of a single person lay bare the neuralgia of an entire people?
Canada, the Savage Invader?
Does Canada really help explain the United States’ characteristic “way of war”?