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Trump’s Negotiating Strategy and the 28-Point Peace Proposal for Ukraine
Neither Russia nor Ukraine can win outright. But Ukraine can lose everything without a durable peace. Here's how Trump means to get there.
Nov 25, 2025
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Rod D. Martin
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Open Borders, Closed Churches, Lost Liberty: How Islamist Immigration Is Remaking the West
Rod Martin and Erick Stakelbeck on Muslim migration vs. Western civilization — from Nuremberg to New York — and the hard choices required to keep our…
Nov 19, 2025
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Rod D. Martin
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How Trump Is Quietly Dismantling Russia’s Strategic Perimeter
As Moscow fixates on its Ukrainian quagmire, Trump is rewiring the Caucasus, Central Asia and even China’s incentives — leaving Russia exposed on every…
Nov 15, 2025
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Rod D. Martin
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Putin’s War Is Lost. Peace Might Finish Him.
There's a reason Russia's strongman can't get serious about peace. It's not that he thinks he's going to win. That's the logjam Trump hopes to break…
Jul 25, 2025
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Fertility and Culture: A Deep Dive
After many years of low fertility and policy efforts to raise births in various countries, many pundits conclude that nothing works. They're wrong.
Jan 29, 2024
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Daniel Hess
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The Russian Miscalculation and The New Old Germany
Putin loses even if he wins.
Mar 1, 2022
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Rod D. Martin
The Overpopulation Myth
The world is in no danger of being overpopulated. So why do so many insist it is?
Sep 8, 2019
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Guest Author
The Swedish Case for Limited Government
Why do Democrats, er, "Democratic Socialists" want to make America more like Sweden when Swedish leaders are trying to move in the opposite direction?
Feb 15, 2018
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Guest Author
The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism
The Nordic model is far from Socialist, no matter how many times Democrats say otherwise.
Feb 9, 2018
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Guest Author
Why Must America Be Last In Market Reform?
When even Russia and Sweden are outpacing us, something is horribly wrong.
Jun 24, 2005
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Rod D. Martin
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