The American Conservative

Immigration On Immigration, the GOP Risks Learning the Wrong Lesson Here, at least, Trump’s second term has largely been a success.

Politics Voters Don’t Want the Old GOP Some MAGA critics are right that conservatives are mad, but dead wrong about what they really want.

Foreign Affairs A Non-Nuclear NATO–Russia War Would Still Be Disastrous Americans have little direct experience with conflict on U.S. soil.

The polls closed in Israel’s general election Tuesday evening, following the highest turnout in decades.

Andrew Day and Curt Mills talk to the author Robert Wright about the Israeli elections, Benjamin Netanyahu’s escalating rhetorical belligerence, Iran’s strategic calculations and arguable missteps, President Lula’s surprise victory in Brazil, and U.S.

Flavio Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party on Monday conceded Brazil’s presidential election to the left-wing incumbent Inacio Lula da Silva.

Israelis voted Tuesday in a national election that will decide whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing government hold onto power.

Latin America Lula’s Victory Is Surprising Because He Has So Little to Offer Brazil The left-wing incumbent’s fresh policies were largely reversals of those he implemented previously.

Ukraine Russia–Ukraine Peace Compromise Is Necessary.

Politics The Left Wants America to Look Like France The Hexagon is reaping the consequences of socialism and mass migration.

According to Israeli media reports, an “unprecedented confrontation” occurred over the weekend between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir.

In a speech Sunday night, former Serbian president and prime minister Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in his country’s parliamentary elections.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term on Sunday in a polarized runoff election against the right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro.

Foreign Affairs Biden’s Israel Catastrophe A veteran journalist reveals how a Democratic White House enabled Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

Politics At Least One Dem Group Understands the Party’s Failings The Rural Urban Bridge Initiative is giving good advice to blue politicians.

The Home Plate The Write-In Stuff Must all change always be for the worst?

President Donald Trump said Sunday that there would be no attack on Iran before the end of the weekend.

Foreign Affairs Pakistan’s Afghan Crisis Islamabad’s hopes for “Taliban 2.0” have turned into a nightmare.

Politics When Republicans Won on an Antiwar Platform—and Delivered In 1952, the GOP ran on ending war and inflation.

Culture As France Burns, Its Literary World Is Engulfed by Scandal Did AI write the most celebrated French novel of the year?

Iran has “substantially increased” its efforts to target Americans in the Middle East and beyond, per a Friday memo from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Political Asylum Elephant in the Room?

Film When You’re in a Hole, Stop Digging Despite its ambitions, Digger is a deeply stupid movie.

Culture Not the Norm Five years after his death, Norm Macdonald’s comedic legacy lives on.

Executive Director Curt Mills appeared on Al Jazeera to discuss the American midterm election Mills appeared on OAN’s Matt Gaetz Show to discuss the war in Yemen Mills was quoted in Responsible Statecraft on this year’s National Coservatism conference Mil…

The Iran War could last another year if not longer, a top Trump ambassador told the Financial Times in remarks published Friday.

Foreign Affairs What Is Another Round of Bombing in Iran Actually Going to Achieve?

Latin America Why is Latin America Swinging to the Right?

Culture Among Hungary’s Weird Nomad Nationalists A dispatch from the “Meeting of the Tribes.”

Calley Means, a senior advisor to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that American and Israeli war-planners are preparing to resume active strikes on Iran following the November 3 U.S. midterm elections.

Foreign Affairs A Better Way Than Bossing Europe President Trump should tell Western allies what the U.S. will do and let them decide how to respond.

The Iran War The Iran War’s One Benefit The scale of American defeat may—finally—force a foreign policy reckoning in Washington.

Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Prepping a Postmortem for Zelensky’s Presidency The Ukrainian leader faces escalating crises.

On Tuesday, the Financial Times reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had directed his military to prepare for new attacks on Iran this month, before deciding to call off the operation.

Foreign Affairs How Trump’s Turn Against Zelensky Can Lead to Peace The president’s latest mood swing opens diplomatic possibilities on Ukraine and Iran.

Politics Russiagate II: Loser Edition Liberals are trotting out the 2016 playbook once again.

UK Special Coverage Burnham Inadvertently Reinvigorates Scottish Separatism The prime minister’s rhetoric about reversing Brexit raises uncomfortable questions about Scottish independence.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Israel Monday, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, per a report in Axios.

Luke Nicastro talks to journalist and political analyst Gabe Fleisher about midterm predictions, how the political landscape will change after November, and what voters actually care about.

UK/Europe Is Europe Doomed?

Diplomacy Diplomacy Guilfoyle Flamed Out—Other Ambassadors Burned the Night Away U.S. reps abroad once worked and played hard, but now, we don’t even need them.

Foreign Affairs These Conservatives Fought an Ill-Fated War, but Recovered and Won the Next Election J.D.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Tehran Monday for talks on preventing escalation in the Middle East conflict, among other topics.

Foreign Affairs When a Populist Becomes the Deep State Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been the most influential Turkish statesman in a century.

Foreign Affairs Do We Actually Need Ambassadors?

Foreign Affairs Kemi’s Comeback The Tory party leader has effected a surprising turnaround in the Conservatives’ political fortunes.

Fighting between the Houthi rebels and Saudi-aligned forces continued over the weekend, with deaths and injuries reported in both Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

In a statement posted to Truth Social on Sunday, President Trump announced his “Complete and Total Endorsement” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election bid.

Foreign Affairs The Seedy Underbelly of U.S.