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John R. Macarthur

The Spectator

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Books / Dull, duller and Dulles – was Churchill’s jibe about America’s Cold War icon unfair?

In the era of Trumpian foreign policy incoherence, a new intellectual biography of the American Cold War icon John Foster Dulles might seem welcome...

02.07.2026 10

The Spectator

John R. Macarthur

Dull, duller and Dulles – was Churchill’s jibe about America’s Cold War icon unfair?

In the era of Trumpian foreign policy incoherence, a new intellectual biography of the American Cold War icon John Foster Dulles might seem welcome...

02.07.2026 10

The Spectator

John R. Macarthur

Dull, duller and Dulles – was Churchill’s jibe about America’s Cold War icon unfair?

In the era of Trumpian foreign policy incoherence, a new intellectual biography of the American Cold War icon John Foster Dulles might seem welcome...

25.06.2026 10

The Spectator

John R. Macarthur

The Democrats’ weakness on war powers

Given my longstanding disgust with America’s lawlessly interventionist and self-destructive foreign policy, I should be outraged by Donald Trump’s...

20.03.2026 20

The Spectator

John R. Macarthur

America’s most crucial political faultline is in New York City

08.01.2026 30

The Guardian

John R. Macarthur