Can Human Rights Policy Work Without Washington?

Human Rights expert Léocadia Tchouaffé on applying international human-rights standards inside the United States, Washington’s retreat from the UN…

Aug 17 • The Pathway Review

What Iran Exposed About American Air Power

Stimson Center's Kelly Grieco on why American air superiority failed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the lesson she worries the Pentagon will miss, and…

Aug 10 • The Pathway Review

Secretary Robert Gates: “My Job Was to Inform the President Honestly”

What does a former secretary of defense and CIA director say he actually planned? As Gates Hall opens on the campus where he once got a D in calculus…

Aug 6 • The Pathway Review

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Judge Roy Altman on Israel, Evidence, and the Law

U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman discusses his journey from Venezuela to the federal bench, the arguments behind his book "Israel on Trial," and the…

Aug 4 • The Pathway Review

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July 2026

Don’t Assume They Got It Right

Luke Nichter — a Hoover Institution Griffin Fellow and Presidential Studies chair at Chapman University — on Washington archives, court fights over…

Jul 27 • The Pathway Review

When Congress Stops Deciding

Philip Wallach, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of Why Congress, on executive power, the Supreme Court's tariff decision…

Jul 24 • The Pathway Review

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June 2026

Lindsay Chervinsky on Washington, Adams, and Inventing the Presidency

Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library Lindsay Chervinsky studies the presidency, political culture, and the institutions of…

Jun 19 • The Pathway Review

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May 2026

Nadia Schadlow on Strategy, the Gray Zone, and the Hard Work of Implementation

The former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy on the gap between strategy and execution, the gray zone between peace and war, and what…

May 13 • The Pathway Review

April 2026

Benjamin Converse on Judgment, Motivated Reasoning, and Democratic Uncertainty

Professor of Public Policy and Psychology Benjamin Converse studies judgment, belief formation, social interaction, and decision-making at the…

Apr 28 • The Pathway Review

Jonathan Martin on Trump, the Democratic Party, Political Journalism, and the Future of American Politics

The POLITICO politics bureau chief on Trump’s hold over the Republican Party, the Democratic Party’s generational transition, and why young political…

Apr 26 • The Pathway Review

Jennifer Kavanagh on Restraint, Retrenchment, and the Limits of American Primacy

Senior Fellow and Director of Military Analysis at Defense Priorities Jennifer Kavanagh studies U.S. military strategy, alliances, force structure, and…

Apr 21 • The Pathway Review

Steve Clemons on Strategic Narcissism, American Leverage, and the Judgment Journalism Still Requires

Editor-at-large at The National Interest Steve Clemons has spent decades writing, editing, convening, and commenting on American politics and foreign…

Apr 18 • The Pathway Review