An editorial board member of American Purpose, Josef Joffe serves on the editorial council of the German weekly Die Zeit. He teaches international politics and political theory at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where he is a senior fellow at the Kissinger Center. He is also a distinguished visiting fellow of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
BRICS and Stones Can’t Break Western Bones
The Global South will fail to build a New World Order, in spite of China and Russia. Only the West can damage the current order by forsaking liberal trade and strategic stability.
Ukraine Into NATO? Hold Your Breath
For moral as well as strategic reasons, the West must give Kyiv all the weapons it needs. But Alliance membership is a noble dream.
Prison or the History Books?
Some suggestions from a friend in Bibi’s Washington days.
Ukraine's Harvest of Sorrow
A generation ago, Stalin crippled Ukraine through famine. Robert Conquest’s 1986 recounting of the Holodomor bears somber relevance, yet again.
Breaking the Nuclear Taboo
Are Putin’s threats credible, or is he just playing the madman?
The Puzzle of the Posse
The “decadent” and “dissolute” West has risen against Putin’s imperialism because moral duty and callous self-interest are in tandem—a rarity in statecraft.
Will the Real MAGA Man Please Stand Up?
Back to the “indispensable nation:” Corralling a global coalition against Russian imperialism, Joe Biden is leaving America’s retrenchment phase behind and returning to the best traditions of U.S. diplomacy.
The World Is Watching
Five perspectives from five countries on the Ukraine war.
