Stephen Kotkin argues that the West is not a geographic term, it’s an institutional package of financial systems, human capital, technology, and rule of law. It turns out that the West is unbelievably powerful. It just needed to remember that.

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Watch “5 More Questions for Stephen Kotkin: Ukraine Edition,” on Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson and Stephen Kotkin. Available here:    • 5 More Questions For Stephen Kotkin: ...  .

Read “Restoring Global Order and Stability In World Markets,” by David Mulford. Available here. https://www.hoover.org/research/resto....

Watch “John Yoo Demonstrates the Benefits of Federalism in America,” with John Yoo on PolicyEd. Available here. https://www.policyed.org/policy-brief....

Read “NATO’s Nordic Realignment,” by Thomas Henriksen. Available here. https://www.hoover.org/research/natos....

Read “‘Realists’ Have It Wrong: Putin, Not Zelensky, Is the One Who Can End the War,” By Michael McFaul via the Washington Post. Available here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio....

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