New in Telos Insights: Russell A. Berman on Konrad Weiss's 1933 essay "The Christian Epimetheus," whose negative political theology influenced Carl Schmitt. We also present an English translation of the essay's conclusion. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/konrad-wei...

New in Telos Insights: Adrian Pabst on the fragmentation of British politics following the end of two-party dominance, and the case for a new political settlement built on cultural moderation, economic renewal, and accountable government. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/british-po...

Tim Rosenberger reflects on last weekend's attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and how secular ethics, lacking Christianity's prohibition on sacrifice, produces individuals who reason their way to political violence. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/caiaphas-a...

New in Telos Insights: Tony Spanakos on the foreign policy of the second Trump administration and the new era of great power relations. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/trumps-new...

New in Telos Insights: Thomas Zimmer on the complex attitude of contemporary Chinese intellectuals toward the West [in Chinese, with English summary] insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-grand-...

New in Telos Insights: Tim Rosenberger discusses how Pope Leo XIV's recent anti-war statements conflict with Catholic just war doctrine and depart from established Church teaching on use of force. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-prince...

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Register today for a panel discussion at the Univ. of California, Irvine, on the nature of the regime in China, the threat to Taiwan, and what the US should do to face this threat. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/china-taiw...

New in Telos Insights: Alexandra Farkas Bandl examines how the myth of German-Jewish normality masks persistent unease and deep-seated reservations rooted in both historical experience and present-day relations. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-myth-o...

New in Telos Insights: Tim Rosenberger on Pope Leo XIV's recent address to the Vatican Tribunal, the limitations of legal positivism, and the role of virtue, moral formation, and charity in achieving justice. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/ordered-ch...

New in Telos Insights: Alexander Sollfrank, Commander of Germany’s Joint Operational Command, discusses the prospect of war in Europe, how it might begin, and what Germany and NATO can do to prepare for a Russian assault. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-pendin...

New in Telos Insights: As part of TPPI's China Initiative, we are posting a series of essays in Chinese (with brief English summaries). We begin today with Luo Feng (罗峰) on the study of classics in China and its relation to civilizational self-awareness. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-constr...

New in Telos Insights: Russell A. Berman on the passing of German novelist Peter Schneider, whose perceptive essay for Telos on the intervention in Kosovo contains important lessons for us today. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/peter-schn...

New in Telos Insights: Russell Berman on Telos's long intellectual engagement with Jürgen Habermas, from debates over the public sphere and differing political contexts to a later convergence on religion. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/jurgen-hab...

New in Telos Insights: Mohadeseh Salari Sardari reflects on the traditions, politics, and meaning of Nowruz, as many Iranians look ahead with hope to both a new year and a new era. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-politi...

New in Telos Insights: Mohadeseh Salari Sardari reflects on the traditions, politics, and meaning of Nowruz, as many Iranians look ahead with hope to both a new year and a new era. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-politi...

New in Telos Insights: Russell Berman on Telos's long intellectual engagement with Jürgen Habermas, from debates over the public sphere and differing political contexts to a later convergence on religion. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/jurgen-hab...

New in Telos Insights: Michael S. Kochin on why the Palestinian national movement’s performance of resistance is no substitute for the hard political work of building institutions that can sustain a Palestinian state. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-limits...

New in Telos Insights: Collin May on how the Neufeld ruling by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal illustrates the growing tyranny of contemporary human rights doctrine over democratic debate. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/neufeld-v-...

New in Telos Insights: Mara Lee Grayson on how pro-Hamas activism by white women reflects a failure to more deeply engage with racism and privilege. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-stunte...

New in Telos Insights: Eldad Shavit and Jesse Weinberg consider the long-term consequences of an American attack on Iran. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-dilemm...

New in Telos Insights: Prompted by his recent trip to Israel and his work on Strauss, Alex Priou explores political theology as a lived practice rooted in deep engagement with tradition and political life. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/political-...

New in Telos Insights: Mohadeseh Salari Sardari on the increasing disappearance of religion from Iranian society. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/a-paradigm...

At the 2026 TPPI conference in New York City, on 3/20 and 3/21, we will discuss "The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today." The program is now posted on our website, and our keynote speaker is Wang Hui (汪晖). Register today! insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-chines...

New in Insights: Eric Hendriks examines Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign and the recent removal of senior Chinese military officers from power, arguing that political authority and moral-spiritual order are less differentiated in China than the West. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-moral-...

New in Telos Insights: Milad Milani on how global powers use procedure to protect stability and delay accountability, as in Iran, where the regime's actions are condemned while meaningful consequences are still avoided. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/procedure-...

New in Telos Insights: Verena Buser talks with Ahmed Albaba about whether the “Palestinian cause” inhibits Palestinian democracy and societal progress, exploring its impact on politics and identity. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/is-the-pal...

New in Telos Insights: Milad Milani on how Iran’s rulers have lost moral legitimacy by treating the nation as property, leading to today's widespread resistance by the Iranian people. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/custodians...

New in Telos Insights: Artur Abramovych traces Jewish archetypes from the schlemiel to the “Muscle Jew,” arguing that statehood enabled a sovereign, self-reliant type that displaced the luckless, neurotic figure from Diaspora literature. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/schlemiels...

New in Telos Insights: David Pan on how China’s long-term goal of occupying Taiwan is forcing choices over defense, identity, U.S. commitment, and the future of liberal democracy. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/totalitari...

New in Telos Insights: Eliyahu Sapir on how universities today increasingly avoid judgment and instead manage conflict through neutral procedures that replace moral deliberation with administrative process. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/when-insti...

New in Telos Insights: Artur Abramovych traces Jewish archetypes from the schlemiel to the “Muscle Jew,” arguing that statehood enabled a sovereign, self-reliant type that displaced the luckless, neurotic figure from Diaspora literature. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/schlemiels...

New in Telos Insights: David Pan on how China’s long-term goal of occupying Taiwan is forcing choices over defense, identity, U.S. commitment, and the future of liberal democracy. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/totalitari...

New in Telos Insights: Eliyahu Sapir on how universities today increasingly avoid judgment and instead manage conflict through neutral procedures that replace moral deliberation with administrative process. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/when-insti...

NEW ISSUE: Telos 213 (Winter 2025): China Keywords I. Read Eric Hendriks and David Pan's introduction to the issue in our blog. www.telospress.com/telos-213-wi...

New in Telos Insights: Peshraw Mohammed on how the 2003 U.S. intervention in Iraq helped enable Kurdish autonomy as well as cultural, political, and economic growth in Kurdistan. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/a-kurdish-...

New in Telos Insights: Russell A. Berman on the erosion of core rights, such as the freedom of speech and opinion, as censorship and surveillance expand across public institutions and social media in Europe. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-new-re...

New in Telos Insights: Lorenz Jäger on the expulsion of the Library of Conservatism (Bibliothek des Konservatismus) in Berlin from the Common Library Network. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/too-conser...

New in Telos Insights: Matthias Döpfner on how pacifism, once primarily a left-wing project, has been increasingly adopted by right‑wing and conservative forces in response to the war in Ukraine, turning "peace" into a form of acquiescence and submission. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/pacifism-c...

New in Telos Insights: en arrêt! Berlin on our new era of “hyperpolitics,” characterized by institutionalized activism, fleeting outrage, and media spectacle. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-partie...

New in Telos Insights: Javier Burdman argues that Milei’s right-wing populism aims to remake Argentina’s culture and economy, but its success hinges on economic gains and ideological ambivalence. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/mileis-amb...

New in Telos Insights: Michael S. Kochin on how Fatah and Hamas center Palestinism on destroying Israel and killing Jews, but true peace needs a new Palestinian movement focused on state-building. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-essent...

New in Telos Insights: Franck Salameh on how the "Free Palestine" movement, consumed by moral exhibitionism, has given its followers the right to murder Jews. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/free-pales...

NEW ISSUE: Telos 212 (Fall 2025): Debating Postliberalism. Read Adrian Pabst's introduction to the issue in our blog. www.telospress.com/telos-212-fa...

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 10/15 📢 The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today The 2026 TPPI Conference in New York City invites proposals for papers focusing on Chinese nationalism. Keynote Speaker: Wang Hui (汪晖) www.telosinstitute.net/conference20...

New in Telos Insights: Postliberal Ecology: A new program in our Beyond State and Market initiative, with Adrian Pabst insights.telosinstitute.net/p/postlibera...

New from David A. Westbrook: Social Thought From the Ruins: Quixote's Dinner Party. Read about it at Telos Insights. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/david-a-we...

New in Telos Insights: Anthony Petros Spanakos on how shifting meanings of empire in early 20th-century Asia reveal weakened emperors, contested sovereignty, and redefined power. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/impotent-e...

New in Telos Insights: Gabriele Segre on Europe’s response to the Ukraine crisis: while Trump acts boldly, Europe clings to rules. To matter, Europe must revive politics as imagination. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-trump-...

New TPPI Podcast: Eric Hendriks speaks with sinologist and anthropologist Frank Pieke about the Chinese party-state (党国体制) insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-tppi-p...

New in Telos Insights: Verena Buser on anti-Israel activism among progressive Holocaust and genocide scholars insights.telosinstitute.net/p/targeting-...