Tag: nationalism

Ramaswamy and the Question of National Renewal

The Republican newcomer brings better policies to the table than his opponents, but often reduces the issues of cultural disintegration and national renewal to just GDP growth.

In Defense of the Nation-State

Thanks to authors like Hazony, we can see more clearly the deceptive arguments of those who condemn the nation-state to either extinction by the verdict of history, or to extermination by means of a brutal imperial policy.

Giving ‘John Doe’ a Voice

FROM THE SUMMER 2023 PRINT EDITION: ‘John Doe conservatism,’ inspired by Frank Capra’s 1941 American film classic, Meet John Doe, refers to a political philosophy of simplicity, quotidian human decency, and humdrum heroism.

Concerned for the Soul of Poland

Poland very much feels like a country that’s accelerating towards the awful competition of ideologies that has engulfed the rest of the West.

On National Identity

What is national identity? An experience of a nation, its history, its personalities, its reputation, self-esteem, and the vision it has for its future.

German Self-Assertion and a New Consensus

The most important distinction now runs between globalists and protectionists. The continuing reference to the old Left to Right coordinate system hinders us in our search for a middle ground between the local and the global.

The Deep Things Which Inhabit the Native Soul

If nationalism engenders a sense of loyalty and devotion as it did in the case of John Paul II, it might be worth asking, to whom (or what) are those who have no sense of loyalty or devotion to their nation devoted?