September 22, 2014

This issue of The Weekly Standard examined the state of the Republican Party and American foreign policy in September 2014. The cover story by Jeff Bergner questioned whether Republicans deserved their reputation as the "party of reason," while Stephen F. Hayes and William Kristol debated President Obama's approach to military intervention in their editorial. The issue also featured coverage of Republican political gains, including Ben Sasse's Nebraska Senate campaign and the collapse of Arkansas Democrats, alongside international reporting on protecting Middle Eastern Christians, the Chinese Navy, and the fight against the Islamic State at the Kurdistan Front.