Spring 2025 · Issue 34
The Case for Conservatism
Why tradition, humility, and human dignity still matter

Why tradition, humility, and human dignity still matter.
In this issue

How the Right got its groove back
Kristen Soltis Anderson
Young voters are embracing the Republican Party. But the GOP must adapt if it hopes to keep them.

The end of the conservative consensus
Andy Smarick
Preserving process is no longer enough. The Right must recognize that the ends can matter as much as the means.

A new conservative foreign policy
Kori Schake
Why traditional U.S. values require advancing freedom around the globe.

How the international order serves American interests
Jonathan Tepperman
Before abandoning a system it helped create, the United States should remember how much it gets from an orderly world.

America First needs American values
Paul D. Miller
U.S. foreign policy works best when it recognizes that power and idealism go hand-in-hand.

Freedom abroad protects freedom at home
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca
The fight for human rights is both a moral imperative and the key to ensuring a strong, secure, and prosperous United States.

What the populists get wrong
J.H. Cullum Clark
Ideas key to America’s economic success are now under attack from both the Left and Right. Here’s how conservatives must adapt to defend them.

Why pluralism keeps America strong
William McKenzie
Tolerance allows citizens to disagree peacefully – and peaceful disagreement benefits everyone.

A choice, not an echo
Abby McCloskey
Modern conservatism must explain what it’s for – and not just what it opposes.