In this episode of “Occasional Dialogues,” two philosophers sit down to discuss martial arts and their place in society, their relation to virtue, and how faith can relate to the combative spirit.

Abascal’s statements come days after an illegal immigrant from Morocco killed local sacristan Diego Valencia and injured four others, including a priest, while he rampaged through two Catholic churches in the Spanish city of Algeciras.

In an old hand-written Jesuit journal and a couple of letters, guarded in the Sanctuary of Loyola’s historical archive in Spain, I found a story of grace, love of God, and generosity that my family lore had already forgotten.

Wagner’s recruitment ad seems to be unaware of its own paradox: “If you’re a true patriot of the future Great America, join the ranks of the warriors of Russia!”

According to Iranian officials, the drones targeted an ammunition manufacturing plant.

The French president proposes a change in France’s military paradigm, in preparation for long-lasting attacks requiring a greater availability of equipment and larger stocks of ammunition.

The West should attempt to compensate for any trade destruction, justified on the basis of geo-security, by opening up trade with parts of the world that are broadly friendly with the West. Southeast Asia is most certainly such a region.

Echoing a line of thought repeatedly made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over the past year, the AfD lawmaker asserted that this armed conflict does have a winner—and that winner is the United States.

The committee came down hard on Poland and Hungary for their use of spyware. The recommendations call for an immediate moratorium on its use, acquisition, and exportation, with the possibility of lifting the ban on a country-by-country basis.

The ‘soft deselection model’ brought forward by the minister of health would make all Danish citizens organ donors by default.

Tensions are running high between Palestinians and Israelis, but a new government looks unlikely to opt for de-escalation and reconciliation.

For liberal elites, the boundary between one country and another is as arbitrary as the difference between a man and a woman.