Europe
Ukraine and the great revival of American empire
Kyiv's fate has always been an afterthought. The real goal is reinvigorating NATO and, by extension, US primacy.
July 17, 2023
Andrew J. Bacevich
Military Industrial Complex
America's compulsion to intervene is intact and ready for more
The belief that force could somehow provide a tidy solution to complex geopolitical problems has become a continuing all-American theme.
June 05, 2023
Military Industrial Complex
On the virtues of whataboutism
By focusing on the mistakes of enemy states American elites give themselves permission to ignore their own pathologies.
February 14, 2023
Military Industrial Complex
Russia’s underperforming military (and ours)
Why do Russian failures in Ukraine attract so much smug commentary, while American military underperformance gets written off?
September 17, 2022
Washington Politics
Emperor unclothed? Why we can't expect 'big change' from the president
Something much bigger than POTUS — call it the MIC or the deep state — has de facto veto power on all matters related to national security.
July 28, 2022
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