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…

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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

Rick Atkinson on Washington, War, and the Discipline of Writing History

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist Rick Atkinson has written narrative histories of five American wars, from World War II to the American…

Apr 7 • The Pathway Review

Ambassador Daniel Fried on NATO Enlargement, the Free World Strategy, and the X Factor in Diplomacy

The former U.S. Ambassador to Poland and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs discusses NATO, post-Cold War Europe, and why…

Apr 5 • The Pathway Review

Leon Panetta on Leadership, Fiscal Discipline, and the Lost Art of Governing

The former Secretary of Defense and CIA Director on public service, budget discipline, presidential leadership, and why democracy depends on the…

Apr 2 • The Pathway Review

March 2026

Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins on Nuclear Rearmament, AI Risk, and Why Public Service Still Matters

Bonnie Jenkins is a former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and a leading expert on nonproliferation…

Mar 17 • The Pathway Review