Jacob Heilbrunn, a frequent contributor to the Washington Monthly, is the editor of the National Interest and the author of They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons.
A Tale of Two Zionists
The terms of the contemporary divide over Israel’s identity were laid out nearly a century ago by two fiery journalists, Vladimir Jabotinsky and Abraham Cahan.
Brothers in Armchairs
For Allen and John Foster Dulles, regime change was an extension of the family business.
The Year of Living Historically
What Deng Xiaoping, Pope John Paul, the Ayatollah Khomeini, and Margaret Thatcher had in common.
Brass Backwards
Thomas Ricks explains the declining competence of America’s senior military commanders.
The GOP’s Reality-Based Community
The fall of moderate Republicans wasn’t inevitable. But their resurrection is hard to imagine.
