Kounalakis, the Monthly's publisher and president emeritus, is California’s Second Gentleman and a Hoover Institution visiting fellow researching democracy and geopolitics. Follow him on Instagram, @markoskounalakis.
With the rules-based order collapsing, Europe faces aggressive great powers, including, under Trump, the U.S. The case for a big exception to nuclear nonproliferation.
The load-bearing pillar of the MAGA-era Republican Party is crumbling under the weight of Trump’s poor economic stewardship. Will the Minneapolis homicides be the last straw?
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We’re spending less time in “Third Spaces”—informal gathering spots like coffee shops, bowling alleys, and church basements—that play a big role in civic life and American democracy. How to revive them.
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The MAGA movement is fracturing between donors, intellectuals, influencers, and an increasingly radical base.
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Far from freezing Ukrainians into submission, Moscow’s drone and missile strikes are stiffening their resolve.
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Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner on the ins and outs of prosecuting crimes committed by law enforcement.
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The “easy A” isn’t a cultural problem or an elite pathology. It’s the predictable result of how American universities now organize teaching, labor, and money.
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Donald Trump has been encouraging police brutality, mob violence, and military force against immigrants and protesters for years.
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