Israel has become the heart of the West. Whether there is to be a "next American century" largely depends on whether the U.S. passes "the Israel Test."
Former Partner at Whitebox Advisors hedge fund, Founder of the City Journal; former editor at National Review, American Spectator, Gilder Technology Report; Editorial Director at Regnery. Books include Strike, and Panic (with Andrew Redleaf).
I'm an author of books about media, the U.S. military and the Israel/Palestinian conflict for Scribner and Encounter, and a tsunami of text in publications ranging from the New Republic to Playboy to the Wall Street Journal
The Tactical Notebook explores the armies that are, the armies that were, and the armies that might have been.