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Telos 215

Telos 215 · Summer 2026

China and Sovereignty

In Telos 215, we examine how Chinese engagement with Western thinkers such as Marx, Foucault, and Schmitt has shaped competing visions of sovereignty and world order. We also feature a special section on China, Taiwan, and the United States that considers the nature of the Chinese government and the appropriate U.S. response to China’s rise.

Read David Pan's introduction to the issue.

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Knowledge, What Is It Good For?

Italian/American Leadership in the Twenty-First Century

by Anthony Julian Tamburri

In Knowledge, What Is It Good For?, Anthony Julian Tamburri provides a detailed and systematic examination of Italian/American leadership today. In this new collection of essays, Tamburri critiques the overall lack of knowledge about the history of Italians and their descendants in the United States, and emphasizes the need for solutions to remedy these gaps.

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Telos 212

Telos 212 · Fall 2025

Debating Postliberalism

The late twentieth century was the age of triumphant liberalism, but its triumph was brief. Across the West, populists on the far left and on the radical right have challenged the political status quo defended by center-left and center-right parties. In this issue of Telos, we explore the limitations of liberalism, the rise of antiliberal forces, and the emergence of postliberal alternatives through a number of essays and book reviews.

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Shards and Specters of the New World Order

Casting Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies as Critique

by Timothy W. Luke

In this wide-ranging and incisive new volume, Timothy Luke traces the trajectory of Soviet and post-Soviet geopolitics, from the ideological dynamics of revolutionary Russia through the Cold War and the "War on Terror" to, most recently, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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The Telos Press Podcast: Alvise Capria on Carl Schmitt in Contemporary Chinese Political Thought by Telos Press In today's episode of the Telos Press Podcast, Telos editor David Pan talks with Alvise Capria about his article "Sous l’œil des Chinois: The Reception of Carl Schmitt in Contemporary Chinese Political Thought," from Telos 215 (Summer 2026): China and Sovereignty. An excerpt of the article appears here. In their conversation they discuss the primary reasons that Chinese scholars look to Schmitt… (continue reading)
Telos 215 (Summer 2026): China and Sovereignty by David Pan Telos 215 (Summer 2026): China and Sovereignty is now available for purchase in our store. Individual subscriptions to Telos are also available in both print and online formats. China remains the inscrutable elephant in the room for the world’s political theorists and policymakers. Its growing importance to the world’s economy and politics compels us to continue to analyze its ideological currents… (continue reading)
Remembering Paul Piccone by David Pan July 12th marks 22 years since the passing of Paul Piccone. His vision, energy, and charisma created Telos and continues to inspire all of us who are connected with it, whether or not we had the good fortune of knowing him personally. He was always committed to following the truth, wherever it might lead him. This explains the complicated trajectory of… (continue reading)
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Telos on the Russo-Ukrainian War by Telos Press CALL FOR PAPERS War and Time: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Eclipse of Peace Coedited by Michael Marder and Denys Sultanhaliiev In what appears to be a peculiar paradox of our time, the Russo-Ukrainian war—initially a profound rupture in the European political imagination—has gradually receded into the background noise of global media circulation. Saturated coverage has not yielded conceptual clarity. On… (continue reading)

Telos has always celebrated rejuvenation and renewal, and in recent years we’ve embraced that change in a variety of ways. We’ve taken Telos online and digitized our complete archive, allowing institutional subscribers from around the world to access the journal over the Internet. We’ve created a regular conference series in New York City and another more recently in Europe, which have brought together an increasing number of scholars to discuss today’s critical issues in politics and philosophy . . . (continue reading)

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