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Andrew J. Bacevich

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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.

America's compulsion to intervene is intact and ready for more
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.

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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.

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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?

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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.