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Jun
10

In a recent article on why China frets over America’s retreat, AHS co-founder and Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Dan Blumenthal explains why the China’s complaint that America is too aggressive is misguided: “What should really worry Beijing is the opposite—a bipartisan U.S. consensus for a foreign policy of retrenchment.”

“Taking the global leadership reins from the U.S. would require incurring real costs, taking big risks, using political capital and, if necessary, expending blood and treasure. If China wanted to lead the world, it would build a navy capable of protecting—rather than disrupting—sea lanes. It would contribute to the fight against terror and help to keep cyberspace an open commons for commercial transactions and the sharing of ideas. It is doing none of these things.”

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Jun
5

In Monday’s Wall Street Journal, AHS speaker Michael Rubin wrote on The Roots of the Turkish Uprising:

“The government’s harsh response—eventually water cannon and tear gas would be used—spurred popular outrage that quickly spread to Ankara, Izmir and more than a dozen other cities and towns across the country. The Turks’ reaction seems to have caught Prime Minister Erdoğan, not to mention many Western observers, entirely by surprise. It shouldn’t have. The unrest has been long brewing.”

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May
9

In a recent article on why China is unhappy, AHS co-founder and Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Dan Blumenthal explains why the Chinese government is “destroying the traditional Chinese family.”

“A generation of Chinese is growing up without siblings, cousins, uncles, and aunts. Given the importance in Chinese history of the extended family for social insurance and security as well as for the proper ordering of one’s place in society, its destruction has broad repercussions for societal happiness.”

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Apr
24

On Tuesday night, the Alexander Hamilton Society’s University of Texas Chapter won the Best Graduate Organization award of 2013. The evening awards ceremony brought several organizations and leaders together to celebrate the chapter’s accomplishments.

“The process involved explaining in great detail the organization’s mission and how we aim to include the UT community and the surrounding Austin community,” explained Sam Spahn, Vice President of the UT-Austin Chapter.

“The largest part of the process was trying to prove how we enrich the lives of the student body.  Our arguments and explanations worked, as we won Best Graduate Program.”

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Apr
24

Yesterday in Politico, Elbridge Colby – a member of our Board of Advisors — published an article on why nuclear deterrence still matters:

“North Korea’s recent belligerence reminds us that the threat of big war, including nuclear war, is not a thing of the past. After 20 years spent focused on humanitarian interventions, counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, we face a likely future of dealing with at least one nation, and ultimately probably more, armed with nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles and an evident willingness to strike at us and our allies.”

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Apr
17

The Alexander Hamilton Society was mentioned in a piece — How Conservatives Captured the Law — published on Monday in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The article, written by Michael Avery and Danielle McLaughlin, was published in coordination with the release date of their new book, The Federalist Society: How Conservatives Took the Law Back From Liberals.

“The Federalist Society has been so successful that organizations outside the field of law and policy have adopted its model… The Alexander Hamilton Society, dedicated to foreign, economic, and national-security policy, was founded in 2010. The group believes that foreign and domestic policy must be shaped to defend the principles of individual liberty, limited government, economic freedom, the rule of law, human dignity, and democracy. The Adam Smith Society was formed recently to achieve in business schools what the Federalist Society achieved in law schools, exposing students to the philosophical and moral underpinnings of capitalism. All three groups are building institutions based on student chapters. And all three groups subscribe to principles of individual liberty, limited government, and free markets.”

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Apr
16

At an event held by the Ohio University Chapter of AHS made campus news.

On Monday night, former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton spoke to the students of Ohio University on the barriers to successful foreign policy debate in the United States:

“There are a couple of reasons for (lack of a debate on foreign policy): one is the president of the U.S. and the other is the Republican Party,” said Bolton.

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Apr
15

In the March/April issue of World Affairs, AHS speaker Joshua Muravchik questions the intellectual influence of Professor Edward Said in “Enough Said: The False Scholarship of Edward Said.”

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Apr
12

“People are at the heart of what we are doing in Afghanistan. Novels can help us understand them and their cultures in all their subtlety and complexity.”

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Apr
11

On Monday, Jennifer Bryson — a member of our Board of Advisors — published an article titled “Allow nuns as U.S. military chaplains” in the Washington Post’s “On Faith” column urging the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA to expand the role of Catholic military chaplain to nuns:

“Nuns could fill many of the ministry needs to serve our military personnel, and add to the talent pool among military chaplains. The women who are nuns serve Christ with radical commitment, many have the educational credentials to serve as chaplains, and there are American Catholic women who want to serve both God and country.”