This commentary was originally published by The National Interest on December 12, 2025. “It’s the economy, stupid.” So said James Carville, an advisor to Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign in 1992, and many peacetime politicians since. But it is also an idea that has kept military planners and wartime leaders awake at night. War has always… Continue reading The Changing Economic Dimension of Warfare
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A Roadmap for Accelerating Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease affects millions worldwide, and while current treatments address symptoms, none slow or stop the disease. The discovery of a gene pathway that contributes to Parkinson’s risk has opened up a promising new avenue for developing therapies. Treatments that act on this pathway are now being tested in clinics. As part of an initiative… Continue reading A Roadmap for Accelerating Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease
How Ignoring Non-AI Demand Risks the Electric Grid
This commentary was originally published by The National Interest on December 12, 2025. The rising electricity demands of artificial intelligence (AI) have dominated recent headlines. Policymakers and utilities alike are scrambling to understand how the rapid expansion of AI data centers will reshape the power grid. But there’s a quieter story unfolding in parallel: the… Continue reading How Ignoring Non-AI Demand Risks the Electric Grid
The UK’s New Veterans Strategy Wants to Reshape Veterans’ Roles in Society—Can It Succeed?
We often talk about the importance of “supporting our veterans,” but rarely ask what roles veterans have in modern society. Eighty years after the end of the Second World War, that question remains as salient as ever. The United Kingdom’s new Veterans Strategy (PDF), released last month, attempts to answer it. It goes beyond improving… Continue reading The UK’s New Veterans Strategy Wants to Reshape Veterans’ Roles in Society—Can It Succeed?
David McCullough and the Study of History
One of the greatest weeks of my life was the week David McCullough came to teach a one-credit course at Hillsdale College in 2006. McCullough, the great writer and teacher of history, held forth on the craft of writing, led us in a discussion of a primary source reading from the pen of John Adams,… Continue reading David McCullough and the Study of History
All the President’s Signatures: Biden’s Autopen Gamble
On a Sunday morning talk show in July 2020, Bernie Sanders said the quiet part out loud. Joe Biden, he told CBS’s Face the Nation, had been “a more conservative senator than he is as president.” Sideburns flaring, as if he were talking about Vermont winters. But he wasn’t wrong. Back in Delaware from 1973… Continue reading All the President’s Signatures: Biden’s Autopen Gamble
Out of Sight: Following the Money Trail of Missing Child Border Crossers
On the campaign trail, Vice President JD Vance repeatedly chastised the Biden administration for allegedly losing track of some 320,000 minors who had crossed the border unaccompanied. “Our government, under the policies of Kamala Harris, has lost thousands of innocent children to sex trafficking, to drug trafficking, to human trafficking,” Vance said. One year later, the… Continue reading Out of Sight: Following the Money Trail of Missing Child Border Crossers
The Students Who Disappear Before They Count
U.S. community colleges are finally rebounding from the pandemic, though they are still not back to pre-2020 enrollment levels. Only about one-quarter of colleges have recovered their full student body. But there’s a more troubling loss that institutions rarely measure: the new applicants who leave before the “census date,” the point a few weeks into… Continue reading The Students Who Disappear Before They Count
Carrying On: British Jews Face Growing Antisemitism With Resolve
Joseph Cohen had worked for an organization in Britain devoted to encouraging Jewish-Muslim dialogue and combating antisemitism. But following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israeli civilians and then the bombing and destruction of Gaza, the rising tide of sometimes violent antisemitism made him feel he no longer belonged in his native land. “I would… Continue reading Carrying On: British Jews Face Growing Antisemitism With Resolve
China Is Worried About AI Job Losses
In Shanghai, jobless young professionals are paying $5 a day to sit beneath fluorescent lights at the aptly named Pretend to Work Co., one of many faux offices across the city that offer Wi-Fi, coffee, and the illusion of employment. Likely no more than a few blocks away, rural migrant workers sleep in shifts in… Continue reading China Is Worried About AI Job Losses