About

The Gládio Review is a journal devoted to the study of geopolitics, strategy, and the intellectual history of statecraft. Its central aim is to examine the classic texts that have shaped how thinkers and statesmen understand power, war, and international order.

Modern discussions of geopolitics often focus on immediate events and shifting crises. Yet the underlying dynamics of power – competition between states, the role of geography, and the strategic calculations of political leaders – have long been explored by historians, philosophers, and military theorists. The Gládio Review seeks to revisit these foundational works and consider how their insights continue to illuminate the modern world.

Through essays and analysis, the journal engages with writers such as Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Carl von Clausewitz, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Halford Mackinder, Nicholas Spykman, Henry Kissinger, and John Mearsheimer. By returning to these primary texts, the Gládio Review aims to recover the enduring principles of strategy and statecraft that shape international politics.

The publication is guided by a simple conviction: that the study of geopolitics is best approached through the careful reading of its classic works. In an age of rapid commentary and short attention spans, the journal seeks to encourage a more reflective engagement with the ideas that have long informed the practice of power.

The Gládio Review is written and edited by Joabe Andrade II, a classical educator whose interests include geopolitical theory, strategic thought, and the great books of political history.