Winter 2014, No. 31

The Tea Party came out of the shutdown looking pretty awful—except, that is, to Tea Partiers. As the establishment begins to push back, what comes next? We asked leading political thinkers and observers to look at the movement from different angles: Theda Skocpol on why the Tea Party will not go away quietly; Sean Wilentz on its historical antecedents; Leslie Gelb & Michael Kramer on the impact the movement has had on GOP foreign policy thinking; Alan Abramowitz on the dire choices facing GOP leadership; Christopher Parker on the Tea Party’s roots in Obama hatred; and Dave Weigel on the movement’s prospects in 2016.

Also in the issue: Nick Hanauer & Eric Beinhocker argue for a new way to measure prosperity and growth. Heather Hurlburt previews the coming congressional debate about presidential war powers. Jonathan Lusthaus examines the world of cybercriminals. Jamelle Bouie and Ramesh Ponnuru each respond to William Galston and Elaine Kamarck’s essay in the previous issue about the GOP’s dilemma. And Jillian C. York takes a look at the boys’ club that is the tech world.

In the books section, we have Jeffrey Goldberg on Pakistan; Sheri Berman on Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine; Mike Abramowitz on Raphael Lemkin, the father of the Genocide Convention; and Emily Bell on Rupert Murdoch’s tottering empire.

Back Issues Archive

Symposium

Is the Party Over?

The Tea Party came out of the October fiscal fiasco looking pretty awful to everyone, that is, except Tea Partiers. With establishment conservatives now starting to push back, what comes next?

By The Editors

3 MIN READ

Why the Tea Party’s Hold Persists

By Theda Skocpol

10 MIN READ

Republican Leaders’ Two Choices

By Alan I. Abramowitz

6 MIN READ

The Anti-Jacksonians

By Sean Wilentz

8 MIN READ

R.I.P. Republican Internationalism

By Leslie Gelb Michael Kramer

6 MIN READ

Will the Tea Party Outlast Obama?

By Christopher S. Parker

6 MIN READ

The Tea Party and the 2016 Nomination

By Dave Weigel

6 MIN READ

Features

Capitalism Redefined

What prosperity is, where growth comes from, why markets work, and how we resolve the tension between a prosperous world and a moral one.

By Nick Hanauer Eric Beinhocker

32 MIN READ

Electronic Ghosts

A technological approach to cyber crime will only lead to a tech arms race. We need a new plan that starts with figuring out who cyber criminals are.

By Jonathan Lusthaus

25 MIN READ

Battlefield Earth

This year, Congress will reconsider our expansive, post-9/11 definition of war. It must start with a realistic assessment of the existing threats.

By Heather Hurlburt

31 MIN READ

Book Reviews

Ignorance, Meet Self-Pity

It doesn't matter that the administration and Americans know almost nothing about Pakistan. And Pakistan's neuroses only make things worse.

By Jeffrey Goldberg

13 MIN READ

Paine and Burke Now

Our very categories of left and right basically originated around these two towering men. But are they still relevant today?

By Sheri Berman

15 MIN READ

Lonely Prophet

Raphael Lemkin spent his life trying to get the world to pay attention to genocide. He died with hardly anyone knowing how much we owed him.

By Mike Abramowitz

16 MIN READ

News Corpse

After decades of dominance, the Rupert Murdoch empire, especially its British side, is showing signs of decay. Will the rot make it over here?

By Emily Bell

13 MIN READ

Responses

Evasive Maneuvers

Today's GOP hasn't bottomed out, but it still needs to be more open to change than it is. A response to William A. Galston and Elaine C. Kamarck from the right.

By Ramesh Ponnuru

8 MIN READ

Demography Is Not Destiny

It might be true that the GOP's appeal will remain limited to whites. But it might also be true that the definition of "white" will change. A response to William A. Galston and Elaine C. Kamarck from the left.

By Jamelle Bouie

8 MIN READ

Closed Network

Technology may be redefining our intellectual life, but some things never change especially for women. A response to Henry Farrell.

By Jillian C. York