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Global Crises

'First Among Equals': The case for a new realist internationalism

Emma Ashford's new book challenges America’s global overreach and offers an alternative for a new multipolar world

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Military Industrial Complex

Church of War: Our faith that lethality has the power to heal

US leaders treat the military, not as a tool of last resort, but as a divine instrument

Latin America's hidden role in shaping US foreign policy
Latin America

Latin America's hidden role in shaping US foreign policy

Historian Greg Grandin's new book shows how the Western Hemisphere, not Europe, can explain America’s role in the world

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Washington Politics

Summer of the 'isolationist' smear: Colby and restraint in crosshairs

"It’s been a pretty crappy 45 days" for those trying to keep the president from making the same mistakes as his predecessors

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Military Industrial Complex

Despite setbacks, trends still point to US foreign policy restraint

Even with the greenlight for Israel's attacks, we won't be able to afford new costly entanglements — or want them

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Global Crises

Symposium: Was the Vietnam War a mistake or fatal flaw in the system?

It's been 50 years since the Fall of Saigon and we still haven't reckoned with the biggest question of them all. Until today.