French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
Hal Brands and Michael Beckley write in Foreign Affairs about important geopolitical shifts. At first glance, today’s strategic map seems familiar. A bloc of land-based powers, clustered around the center…
Editors at National Review Online assess a major challenge in America’s war with Iran. “You start something,” Napoleon said, “then see what happens.” Our improvisational commander in chief is often…
Elle Purnell writes for the Federalist about another sign of Europe’s decline. One of Europe’s crown jewels, a centuries-old relic of irreplaceable artistic and historical import, has fallen into the…
Miklos Radvanyi writes for Townhall.com about the Russian strongman’s approach to his regime. [T]he creation of the amateurish incompetence of the 20th century Soviet Union cum Russia that has given…
Philip Wallach of the American Enterprise Institute raises concerns about one aspect of the new president’s approach to his office. President Donald Trump offered up a quotation of his own:…
Roger Kimball heaps the highest form of praise on a man who loves praise. Thomas Carlyle would have been impressed by Donald Trump. The author of On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and…
Jared Whitley writes at Townhall.com about a pending update of one of George Orwell’s most famous books. It was reported recently that Hollywood is making a new animated version of…
Martha Bradley-Dorsey and Robert Maranto explain at National Review Online why the new president is unlikely to make meaningful change in America’s public schools. For over a half century, from…
Victor Davis Hanson devotes his latest National Review Online column to placing the current state of nationwide civil unrest in historical context. The ancient Greeks created new words like “paradox”…
Jonah Goldberg reminds us in the latest Commentary magazine cover story that opposition to free-market policies emerges from more than just one end of the political spectrum. The major difference…
Boris Ryvkin explains in a Federalist column why the world’s largest communist regime stands to benefit from American misadventures in the Middle East. The paralyzing and costly zigzags of American…
John O’Sullivan offers National Review Online readers an assessment of the proper course of action for Donald Trump and national Republican Party leaders, “if politicians were rational beings.” Faced with…