In a must-read Wall Street Journal essay, Hal Brands evaluates the success of the US doctrine of containment during the Cold War and recommends its application to our present Communist adversary: the People's Republic of China. In proposing a long-term contest with a powerful rival deeply integrated into the world economy, Brands argues that US-led cooperation among democracies can frustrate Xi Jinping's authoritarian ambitions and limit the Chinese Communist Party's influence.
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With exceptional clarity, Matthew Continetti reflects on the transitional nature of America's political, cultural, and economic positions. He senses that "America has reached an impasse, that it has arrived at a moment of transition" that requires its people "to think seriously about how best to preserve our traditions of freedom in these strange and darkening times." In a note following up on their latest paper, Bruce D. Meyer and coauthor Kevin Corinth bolster their case about job losses due to the new child tax credit (CTC). Responding to recent academic backlash against their findings, Meyer and Corinth set the record straight and show how a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine "cannot be right that the elimination of the 2020 law CTC would do little to decrease employment." Nat Malkus investigates the public support for teaching the success sequence in schools. He finds that 77 percent of all Americans support educating children on the long-term benefits of getting a high school degree, having a job, and being married before having children. However, he recognizes the tension around the debate, especially "as contests flare across the country over what is, and what should be, taught in schools." As Russian President Vladimir Putin sends forces to the Ukraine border, Frederick W. Kagan urges American and European leaders to recognize the significance of what's at stake, for both Ukraine and the security and stability of the rest of the world. "The West must spend less energy fearing to 'provoke' aggression," he writes, "and more energy worrying about losing Ukraine and the vital buffer between Russia and Central Europe." |
