Campus protestors call Israel’s campaign in Gaza a genocide because they do not understand the horrors of war. Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead warns in the Wall Street Journal that if young Americans fail to recognize the importance of defending peace, war might be the force that shapes their lives.

From terrified citizens in Israel, to humanitarian aid providers in the European Union, to America’s allies in the Middle East, dismantling Hamas would benefit everyone—except Iran. Distinguished Fellow Mike Pompeo explains how in Fox News.

The United States needs to rally its allies and friends to play a greater role in the competition against China, writes Senior Fellow John Lee. Read why the era of light-touch diplomacy is over in Foreign Affairs.

American overdose deaths hit 109,000 last year, and 70 percent of them are attributable to fentanyl. The counterfeit drug epidemic is a crisis, and Distinguished Fellow William P. Barr implores Washington to start treating it that way in Fox News.

America’s history is full of hidden heroines. Read Senior Fellow Melanie Kirkpatrick’s review of The Tory’s Wife to learn about Jane Welborn Spurgin’s fight for women’s rights in the American Revolution, and listen to her appearance on Liberty and Leadership to hear about the role of women in the origins of Thanksgiving.

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Hamas’s successful disinformation efforts prove that the US has an even bigger problem on the horizon: the Chinese Communist Party’s “active measures” cognitive warfare campaigns, warn Japan Chair Kenneth R. Weinstein and Japan Chair Fellow William Chou in The Messenger.