Buried Treasure, The Lookout, 3.7.10
It may be most accurate to say that while the kingdom can live in us—because the King can live in our hearts—we do not yet live in the kingdom. Even so, we can catch glimpses of the kingdom to come. Even better, we can and should do things to prepare the way for the kingdom.

Change, Continuity or Both? Fraser Forum, 3.1.10
After campaigning on promises to withdraw from Iraq, “finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan,” build a diplomatic coalition against nuclear proliferation, “curb Russian aggression,” and stand up for “the blogger in Iran,” President Barack Obama has learned that conducting US foreign policy is more difficult than simply critiquing it.

Friend or Foe? The American Legion Magazine, 3.1.10
Trying to decipher China’s long-term goals, a U.S. Joint Forces Command report ominously recalls Deng Xiaoping’s advice that China “disguise its ambition and hide its claws.”

Casualties Count, The Landing Zone, 2.18.10
Americans have a bad habit of gauging the success or failure of a particular war according to the number of Americans who die waging it.


It Is I, byFaith, Winter 2009
Three little words make an enormous difference for us.

A Very Cold War? 9.1.09
Tensions and opportuntities emerge in the Arctic.



Surrendering Outer Space, 8.1.09/9.1.09
What if, in the midst of the epic contest to explore and colonize the New World, Britain — the greatest seafaring power of its day — had to mothball its naval fleet and rely on other countries to transport British men and material across the oceans? This much we know: With British subjects, ideas, and goods tethered to a little island off the coast of Europe, Britain and the world would be very different today. Something not too dissimilar is about to happen in the heavens, as the United States prepares to retire its fleet of space shuttles.



NATO's Strategery, 7.29.09
NATO revamps its mission statement.



Obama Learns Foreign Disagreements Come with Presidency, 7.14.09
The hard-line Bush administration didn’t make the world’s rogues more defiant, just as the “grip and grin” Obama administration cannot make them more compliant.


Time to Go Nuclear, 5.24.09
If America is on the verge of a “nuclear renaissance,” as proponents of nuclear power contend, our nuclear Dark Age has cost us dearly.

A "Focused" Competitor, 5.21.09
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently raised eyebrows by noting that China is “developing capabilities” that “seem very focused on the United States Navy and our bases that are in that part of the world.” There’s actually nothing new here.