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H.D.S. Greenway

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Global Crises

It's not too late to stop a new cold war

In order to avoid conflict, leaders in Beijing and Washington alike must take steps to turn down the temperature.

Has 'Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia' come full circle?
Asia-Pacific

Has 'Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia' come full circle?

The new China-Russia friendship 'without limits' is being put to the test, the latest chapter in nearly 80 years of shifting power relations.

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Washington Politics

How ‘real estate lies’ seal the deal, but also the fate of our friends

Two big ones — nearly 50 years apart — marked the biggest US foreign policy disasters in recent memory.

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Washington Politics

From Saigon to Kabul, a half century of American misadventures

A veteran war correspondent recalls the ignorance, poor judgement, exceptionalism, and hubris in all of our interventions.