Stephen Wertheim

Great Powers, High Table

“When I was a full-time academic historian, I never imagined the debate about US foreign policy thrown open to the extent it now is. But the ultimate purpose is to change the policy, not just the debate.”

Who’s Afraid of Isolationism?

For decades, America’s governing elite caricatured sensible restraint in order to pursue geopolitical dominance and endless wars. At last the folly may be over.

Return of the Neocons

Trump’s election victory appeared to deal a double blow to the neoconservative persuasion. But today, neoconservatives are riding high once more, in the White House, on Capitol Hill, in the most prominent organs of opinion.