The American System

The Canningite tradition

As the world returns to 19th-century multipolarity, George Canning’s approach to British foreign policy offers timeless lessons. Great powers must…

Dec 5 • David A. Cowan

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September 2025

Nvidia Is a National Security Risk

If the chip race is a new arms race, then Nvidia should put country first. But they’re not

Sep 12 • David A. Cowan

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August 2025

How the Georgians embraced energy abundance

Europe must rediscover the Georgian hunger for abundance and offer vigorous support to today’s equivalents of Arkwright, Hargreaves, Watt, Wedgwood, and…

Aug 7 • David A. Cowan

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June 2025

Who Gives a Ship

The U.S. must build ships that fully embrace autonomy to regain naval dominance

Jun 11 • David A. Cowan

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May 2025

What the Early Years of Air Power Can Tell Us About Mastering Drone Power

Featured in the Trinity 2025 issue of the Oxford Emerging Threats Journal

May 19 • David A. Cowan

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April 2025

Stealing ‘Abundance’

Conservatives, not liberals, are best positioned to build—and in many cases, are already doing so

Apr 28 • David A. Cowan

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March 2025

How Silicon Valley Can Reindustrialize America

Inside Anduril’s bold bet on American defense manufacturing

Mar 12 • David A. Cowan

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February 2025

How the state can do more for less

State bureaucracies, riven with sclerotic complexity, intervene in an ever-growing number of ways but with little success. As growth and living…

Feb 3 • David A. Cowan

January 2025

America’s ‘Golden Age’ Requires Energy Dominance

Encouraging AI proposals will require vast amounts of energy we’re currently leaving in the ground

Jan 31 • David A. Cowan

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Restoring McKinley

Hardheaded realism is needed to reinforce American power in the western hemisphere

Jan 10 • David A. Cowan

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Big Tech Should Learn to Love the Flag

Scientific endeavor and national pride have always been part of the American spirit

Jan 3 • David A. Cowan

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June 2024

Making Corporations Fit for Public Purpose

We must restore a legal order that encourages corporate activity to promote the common good

Jun 27, 2024

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