Zack Cooper brings clarity to an increasingly complicated world in a chapter for the newly released book, The Transformation of the Liberal International Order: Evolutions and Limitations (Springer, 2023). We no longer live in a unipolar—or even a bipolar—world, and America needs to adapt its strategy to this new reality.

What is the proper relationship between Christian religion and politics? In a review essay for Perspectives on Political Science, Benjamin Storey draws valuable lessons from the thought of Daniel Mahoney and Pierre Manent to show why and how Christians can participate in active, pluralist political life without sacrificing their values or reducing their faith to mere liberal humanitarianism.

On October 29, the Tikvah Fund presented Leon R. Kass with the Herzl Prize. Kass delivered a powerful address explaining the enduring values and moral example that Israel and the Jewish people have provided and continue to provide to the whole world. “It is left to little Israel to make the first stand against radical evil and the new axis of nations dedicated to the demise of the West. With resolve, courage, and dedication, but, alas, with much more sacrifice, Israel will show the way.”

Since Hamas’s terrorist attacks on Israel, there has been an outpouring of antisemitic hatred across America and Europe, ranging from demonstrations to violent acts. Danielle Pletka and Marc A. Thiessen interviewed Harvard Professor Ruth Wisse, an expert on antisemitism, to understand the roots of this hatred, how it spread, and what we can do about it.

The trials of Donald Trump will be a serious test of our criminal justice system. While Trump is eager to delegitimize the courts, Adam J. White cautions Trump’s critics to resist the temptation to criticize the laws and procedures that give Trump, like every criminal defendant, the benefit of the doubt, even as they might thwart Jack Smith’s prosecution.