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North Sea Oil Output

Victor Davis Hanson: Chaos in Europe – It’s tricky being world’s largest importer of...

Despite its cool Green parties and ambitious wind and solar agendas, Europe remains by far the world’s largest importer of oil and natural gas. Oil output...
American Conservative Media

American citizenship is eroding

Today, many condemn the idea of nationalism by connecting it to race hatred (e.g., white nationalism). But historically, the modern nation-state has proven uniquely...
U.S. and Iranian Flags

Iran’s Options in a Showdown with America Are All Bad

After losing its top strategist, military commander, and arch-terrorist, Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian theocracy is weighing responses. One, Iran can quiet down and cease military...

One Hundred Years of War, Revolution, and Peace

Historians Niall Ferguson and Victor Davis Hanson discuss the seminal events of the last century—the two World Wars, the Great Depression, the rise and...

Victor Davis Hanson | Nationalism Good and Bad: Lessons from History

Victor Davis Hanson spoke on October 2, 2019 during the 175th anniversary celebration at Hillsdale College. The topic of his speech was Nationalism Good...

Uncommon Knowledge Victor Davis Hanson on “The Case for Trump”

How did blue-collar voters connect with a millionaire from Queens in the 2016 election? Martin and Illie Anderson Senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson addresses...
The New Dark Age Mind

Victor Davis Hanson: The New Dark Age Mind

Video: On the Classicist Podcast from the Hoover Institute, Victor Davis Hanson looks at the intellectual pathologies bred by Western affluence. Building the New Dark-Age...

Victor Davis Hanson: Trump—Symptom or Catalyst?

Pepperdine School of Public Policy and The American Project, hosted a three-day conference in June 2018 entitled, “Toward a Conservatism of Connection: Reclaiming the...
The Second World War by Victor Davis Hanson

Uncommon Knowledge Part 2: The Second World Wars with Victor Davis Hanson

Part 1: The Second World Wars with Victor Davis Hanson How were the Axis powers able to instigate the most lethal conflict in human...

The Second World Wars with Victor Davis Hanson

World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. These courses are a definitive look at World War II by America's preeminent...

Victor Davis Hanson on Deterrence and Appeasement

Victor Davis Hanson discusses deterrence and appeasement at the Steamboat Institute Global Security Summit held on April 26, 2017. Steamboat Institute: Inspiring Americans to...

Victor Davis Hanson on grand strategy, immigration, and the 2016 presidential election

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses Russia, China, and the danger of American withdrawal from the world stage. In addition, Hanson talks about...