Adam Gallagher
Adam Gallagher is a contributing fellow at Defense Priorities and a strategic leaders fellow at the John Quincy Adams Society. Follow him on X @AEGallagher10.
Against war with Iran
Yet another foreign misadventure would be perilous and expensive for the USA
Security guarantees can guarantee insecurity
Trump should say no to a U.S.-Saudi defence deal
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
