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Waller R. Newell

Waller R. Newell is Professor of Political Science and Philosophy and co-founder of the College of the Humanities at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is the author of Tyrants: Power, Injustice and Terror (2019) and Tyranny and Revolution: Rousseau to Heidegger, which will be published in spring 2022.

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky connects via live video link on a screen during the antiwar demonstration 'Cities stand with Ukraine' in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, on March 12, 2022
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky connects via live video link on a screen during the antiwar demonstration 'Cities stand with Ukraine' in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, on March 12, 2022
    Arts & Letters section icon
    Zelensky’s Manliness Revives a Western Ideal

    The Ukrainian president’s heroism embodies the ancient virtues that distinguish a noble leader

    byWaller R. Newell
  • News section icon
    Vladimir Putin, Tyrant

    The Russian leader’s actions express essential and unalterable truths about human nature, which we ignore at our peril

    byWaller R. Newell
  • A walnut tree stripped of its branches stands in the rubble of the Kalat al-Numan citadel, originally built during the Roman era some 2,000 years ago, after allegedly being bombed several times by the Syrian air force on Nov. 18, 2012, in Maaret Al-Numan. (John Cantlie/AFP/Getty Images)
    A walnut tree stripped of its branches stands in the rubble of the Kalat al-Numan citadel, originally built during the Roman era some 2,000 years ago, after allegedly being bombed several times by the Syrian air force on Nov. 18, 2012, in Maaret Al-Numan. (John Cantlie/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israel & The Middle East section icon
    How Plato and Aristotle Help Us Understand the Tyranny of Bashar al-Assad

    Today’s upheaval in the Arab world has antecedents in past revolutions. So, why are the lessons lost on U.S. policymakers?

    byWaller R. Newell
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