Richard Hurowitz is a writer and publisher who focuses on history, geopolitics, and international affairs. He contributed essays to The Weekly Standard in 2017 and 2018, drawing historical lessons from events such as the Zimmermann Telegram, the founding of NATO, and the Bretton Woods agreement to illuminate contemporary policy debates. He is the publisher of The Octavian Report, a quarterly journal of ideas.
It’s been a rough few weeks for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A bedrock of the liberal international order, NATO has over the years faced challenges and crises from both within and without. But until recently, few would have envisioned NATO becoming a punching bag for the president of the…
Seventy-three years ago today, 44 nations descended on Bretton Woods in the White Mountains of New Hampshire for a conference on the future of the global financial system. In the Gilded Age, the area’s stately Mount Washington Hotel was a preferred summer destination for robber barons and…
One hundred years ago, a crisis in Mexican-American relations changed the course of history. Front pages blared the news that would precipitate U.S. entry into World War I: the publication of the legendary Zimmermann Telegram. The American people—up to then decidedly isolationist—read the shocking…