WTH Should I Read This Summer? "Tides of Fortune: The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries" by Zack Cooper
Kicking off our annual What the Hell’s summer book series, Zach Cooper discusses his new book, Tides of Fortune: The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries (Yale University Press, 2025). How will the Un...
7 Aug 202542min
WTH Is Responsible for Hunger in Gaza? Matti Friedman Explains.
Almost two years after the October 7th attacks, facts about the state of life in Gaza are almost impossible to glean from the daily news. Much of what used to be mainstream journalism has become polit...
31 Juli 20251h 3min
WTH Is Britain Throttling Free Speech? Dominic Green Explains.
Dominic Green writes, “The war on free speech is about to violate the most sacred recesses of British life—not the home or the workplace, but the pub.” In legislation dubbed the “Banter Bill”, Parliam...
24 Juli 202549min
WTH: Will New York Elect a Communist Mayor? Seth Mandel Explains.
Last month, New York City took to the polls for their mayoral primary and the Democratic party has decided that a socialist, communist, terrorist supporting, antisemite, is the best candidate for mayo...
17 Juli 202551min
WTH Should Trump Do Next On Ukraine? General Jack Keane Explains.
President Trump has made it clear: whichever nation is the obstacle to peace in ending Russia’s war on Ukraine will face an opponent with the military aid and backing of the United States. Putin has n...
10 Juli 202553min
WTH: MAGA Voters Reject Isolationism. Roger Zakheim Explains.
Notwithstanding regular headlines and firm conventional wisdom, the MAGA Movement is not and never has been an isolationist faction of the Republican Party. Neither the American people nor self-identi...
3 Juli 202545min
WTH: Live! U.S. Strikes on Iran. Dr. Kenneth M. Pollack Explains.
In the wake of a decisive US strike on Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities, many questions are being asked. Did Donald Trump make the right call? What about the intelligence? Is this the start of US mil...
24 Juni 202552min
WTH Will Happen Next in Israel’s Assault on Iran? Haviv Rettig Gur Explains.
Five days in, Israel’s battle to destroy the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear weapons infrastructure continues. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched the cam...
17 Juni 202558min
