The Virtues of Empire https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2013/07/the-virtues-of-empire/

July 3, 2013 | R. R. Reno
About the author: R. R. Reno is the editor of First Things. His books include Fighting the Noonday Devil and Other Essays Personal and Theological and, most recently, Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society.

For the first time since the Ottoman Empire fell, Muslims in the Middle East are free to pursue the same dream that inspired Europe’s nationalists. Next: widespread ethnic cleansing?

Read more on First Things: http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/07/the-virtues-of-empire