The International Russophile Movement’s Second Congress: Behind the Fight for “Multipolarity” Is a Hatred of the West

The International Russophile Movement’s Second Congress: Behind the Fight for “Multipolarity” Is a Hatred of the West

The International Russophile Movement (MIR), founded last year in Moscow on the initiative of Bulgarian socialist Nicolay Malinov, held its second Congress on February 26-27. The first day featured a “Forum on Multipolarity,” a term dear to all those who see themselves as opponents of Western universalism. Order Today: Return to Order: From a Frenzied … Read more

Confronting the Dangers of Criticizing Putin

Confronting the Dangers of Criticizing Putin

As a writer commenting on all aspects of the culture war, I have written countless articles on problems in the United States. I have criticized the government, education, drugs, fashions, wokeness, LGBTQ themes, globalism, DEI and similar topics. I have never hesitated to acknowledge and condemn those instances where America promotes the cutting edge of … Read more

The Three Mysteries of Vladimir Putin’s Two-Hour Talk Show

The Three Mysteries of Vladimir Putin’s Two-Hour Talk Show

Tucker Carlson’s two-hour interview with Vladimir Putin on February 8 sparked much controversy but clarified little. I would say the interview was well-framed by Putin’s early rebuke when he asked: “Is this a serious conversation or a talk show?” Order Today: Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, … Read more

Pope Francis and the “Global Conflict” in 2024

Pope Francis and the “Global Conflict” in 2024

What is the state of the world in this opening of 2024? Pope Francis outlined a broad picture in his Jan. 8 address to ambassadors to the Holy See, gathered for the traditional New Year’s audience. There is a first point that deserves to be emphasized. Pope Francis does not habitually quote Pius XII. This … Read more

8 Facts about Russia and Its Ukrainian War

8 Facts about Russia and Its Ukrainian War

Regardless of how you look at the War in Ukraine, certain facts contradict the present media narrative of a struggle between liberal globalism and a theocratic regime. Several of these facts were especially evident in President Putin’s first-anniversary speech to the Federation Assembly about the war and the nation’s future. Others can be gleaned from … Read more

Putin’s Ideology, In His Own Words

Putin’s Ideology, In His Own Words

Ever since Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia twenty-two years ago, Western observers have tried to discern his ideology. Is he a Russian nationalist bent on reconstituting the Russian Empire or a neo-Communist, angry over the collapse of the Soviet Union? Perhaps he’s simply a “patriot” without any actual ideology but who practices a … Read more

A Global Culture War that the West Must Win

A Global Culture War that the West Must Win

The war in Ukraine is more than an unjust war of aggression by Russia. It also targets the West as a concept and geopolitical bloc. A global culture war looms on the horizon, threatening to tear everything apart. Two notions of what is meant by “the West,” one true and the other false, are at … Read more