Elisabeth Braw
Fostering social capital is a national-security issue
‘For now, the order of the day in Europe is “social distancing” to limit the spread of Covid-19. That threatens to accentuate fragmentation, not
heal it’
Chords and discords
Musical excellence can blunt the edge of political disputes
The PhD Generals
In the 1980s, PhD students from the military, like David Petraus, were the exception. But academia and the US army increasingly intersect
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics