Editor’s Corner Spring 2017
Welcome to the spring 2017 issue of Orbis. In our first article in this edition, David T. Burbach reflects...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Editor’s Corner Spring 2017
A nation must think before it acts.
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Between Piety and Patriotism: Shariʿa and The American Way of Life
In May 2016, a row broke out at the Metropolitan Recreation Center in Williamsburg, New York following an anonymous...
Dynamics of Russian Power in Moldova
Is Russian influence in Moldova expanding or declining? The real picture is mixed. This article argues that over the...
Counterinsurgency From the Bottom Up: Colonel H.R. McMaster and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Tel Afar, Spring-Fall 2005
By the time Col. H.R. McMaster led elements of his 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (3rd ACR) into northern Iraq’s...
Donald Trump is No Friend of Taiwan
When President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan called then-President-elect Donald Trump, it should have been the beginning of a beautiful...
Trump’s Speech: A Vision, but No Strategy
The National Interest Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress was nowhere near as incendiary as many...
Damage Done: How Russia Hysteria Has Hurt U.S.-Russia Relations
The National Interest The Russia hysteria that is sweeping Washington, DC must end before severe and irreversible damage is...
Paisano Elegy: Ignorance, Aspiration, and the Future of American Politics
Working class authenticity is all the rage these days on both sides of the Atlantic. Even before Donald Trump’s...
Trump’s Asia Policy Takes Shape
After challenging the “One China” policy—the bedrock of Sino-American relations—during his transition period, President Donald Trump accepted the long-standing...
Does Donald Trump Believe in American Civil Religion? If So, Which One?
My subject today is American Civil Religion, its problematical relationship to Biblical religion, and especially its sometimes-nefarious influence on...