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Elan Journo and Yaron Brook apply their expertise to understand the war in the Middle East.
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For decades, ARI warned that U.S. policy would embolden its enemies.
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Many people focus on the suffering in Gaza, but ignore its fundamental cause: the violence initiated by the would-be destroyers of Israel. Why?
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Israel’s “defenders” undercut its right to self-defense by ceding the moral high ground.
The post A Post-mortem Analysis of Lex Fridman’s Hosted Israel–Palestine Debate by Elan Journo and Yaron Brook appeared first on New Ideal - Reason | Individualism | Capitalism.
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The post How Biden Subverts Israel’s War on Hamas appeared first on New Ideal - Reason | Individualism | Capitalism.
Nuclear deals with dictatorships make us less secure, not more.
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Critics of cluster munitions are negating Ukraine’s right to self-defense.
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Morally judging a conflict requires identifying the philosophic ideas behind it.
The post Elan Journo Discusses Morally Evaluating the Israel-Hamas War on University of Texas Podcast appeared first on New Ideal - Reason | Individualism | Capitalism.
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The West is free today because it didn’t allow even the death of innocents to impede its right to self-defense.
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An ARI book reflects on America’s response to Islamic Totalitarianism.
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It is immoral to sacrifice our soldiers for the sake of our enemies' civilians.
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In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Agustina Vergara Cid discuss Europe’s immigration policies, its failure to assimilate immigrants and adopt rational policies toward them, and what America needs to learn from Europe’s failures to avoid these problems.
Among the topics covered:
- The need to distinguish normal immigration from a refugee crisis;
- What statistical data show is happening in Europe;
- The rise in violence against women and Jews in Europe;
- Europe’s evasion and denial of the dangers of militant Islam;
- Immigrant crime and welfare benefits in Europe versus in the U.S.;
- Muslim assimilation in the U.S.
The war in Ukraine is about justice and the future of the West.
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To escape North Korea and reach freedom, Yeonmi Park traveled a long geographic and intellectual road.
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the movements and regimes which have sought to destroy Israel since its founding seventy-five years ago.
Among the topics covered:
- How to study history objectively;
- How the conflict started, and the motives of the Arab countries that invaded Israel in 1948;
- The rise of Pan-Arabism and the Six-Day War;
- The rise of the Palestinian movement, including its debt to communist ideology and its terroristic tactics;
- Why the Palestinian movement gained international sympathy;
- The rise of the Islamist movement;
- How a hostility to human life and freedom animated all these movements;
- Why we should support Israel.
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo explore the moral and political lessons of the Iraq War.
Among the topics covered:
- Why Americans need to examine the lessons of the Iraq War;
- The 9/11 terrorist attacks and the context leading up to the war;
- The focus on weapons of mass destruction and intelligence weaknesses while evading the threat of Islamic totalitarianism;
- Why Russia’s attack on Ukraine is not analogous to America’s war in Iraq;
- David Frum’s analysis of the Iraq War in The Atlantic;
- John Bolton’s and Bret Stephens’ analysis of the war and the failure to question whether Iraq was the right target;
- The disastrous results of the war, including increased reluctance to defend American interests militarily;
- How America’s response to 9/11 set the stage for the rise of populism and widespread distrust of institutions;
- The erosion of American exceptionalism in the wake of the Iraq War.
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Nikos Sotirakopoulos and Ziemowit Gowin mark the one-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine by discussing European attitudes towards Russia before and after the launch of the all-out campaign.
Among the topics covered:
- How European nations found themselves heavily reliant on Russian gas exports;
- How European leaders’ lack of principled thinking led to a refusal to recognize pre-invasion Russia as an authoritarian state, despite past acts of military aggression;
- The surprisingly strong and moral reaction of European countries to the invasion;
- The lessons Europeans have learned from the invasion and the lessons so far unlearned;
- Why calls for a ceasefire based on a compromise between Russian and Ukrainian “interests” would amount to moral capitulation, a total surrender to Russia’s goals, and encouragement of future aggression.
Rand’s analysis of statism and the cause of wars is just as topical today as it was almost sixty years ago.
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Agustina Vergara Cid and Nikos Sotirakopoulos explain how authoritarian states such as Qatar use international sporting events like the World Cup to launder their reputations. They argue that this practice of “sportswashing” and organizations, like FIFA, who enable it, should be condemned for aiding authoritarian states in their bid for moral legitimacy.
Engaging with authoritarian regimes like Qatar in sporting events only serves to whitewash and enable their rights violations.
What makes China tick? What animates the ruling Communist Party? What does Xi Jinping’s third term as “paramount” leader portend? Elan Journo interviews Scott McDonald, a scholar of Chinese political thought.
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the recent protests against the authoritarian regimes of Iran and Russia. They analyze the common causes that animate these public demonstrations and offer a philosophical perspective on why they effectively undermine the moral legitimacy of these dictatorships.
“National Conservatism’s” cheering of Ukraine is a fraud, because this movement’s anti-individual ideas are embodied in Putin’s war.
Prof. Mearsheimer’s “realist” take on Russia/Ukraine went viral. It’s an object lesson in the destructiveness of amoralism.
In the decades before 9/11, our political leaders failed to recognize that war had been launched against us and that the enemy is Islamic totalitarianism. They managed only to appease and encourage the enemy’s aggression.
In the decades before 9/11, our political leaders failed to recognize that war had been launched against us and that the enemy is Islamic totalitarianism. They managed only to appease and encourage the enemy’s aggression.
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Agustina Vergara Cid and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss Iran’s recent attempts — on American soil — to assassinate Masih Alinejad, a journalist and critic of the Iranian regime, and John Bolton, a former U.S. National Security Advisor, as well as the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, whose murder Iran has advocated for over 30 years.
A true American response to the energy crisis demands liberating domestic oil production—not cozying up to murderous dictators.
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss President Biden’s decision to visit Saudi Arabia and meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in spite of Biden’s condemnation of the regime following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The conversation analyzes America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and the philosophic ideas behind U.S.
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the claim by University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer, that the West, not Putin, is fundamentally to blame for the war in Ukraine. They also examine the philosophic assumptions and consequences of the “realist” theory of international relations, from which Mearsheimer’s conclusion flows.
By turning to Venezuela for a potential oil deal, Biden has laid bare his unprincipled foreign policy.
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Agustina Vergara Cid and Ben Bayer discuss the reaction to President Biden’s off-script declaration that Vladimir Putin cannot remain in power and the important role of moral judgment in foreign policy.
Among the topics covered:
- The moral failings of the Biden administration’s foreign policy;
- The meaning of Biden’s comment on Putin in the context of his speech;
- The Biden administration’s separation of morality from policy in its “clarification” of the comment;
- Why Biden’s critics are wrong to assume that harsh moral judgment makes one vulnerable to evil;
- Dictatorships’ dependence on the moral support of their citizens;
- Ayn Rand’s view of the importance of acting on moral judgment in foreign policy;
- How Russia’s membership in the UN is a symptom of American moral neutrality;
- How the U.S.