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Zbigniew Brzezinski Camp David Summit
Media

Zbigniew Brzezinski: Foreign policy prophet or blind man?

Ed Luce's ‘cradle to grave’ bio of President Carter’s grand strategist plumbs his hits and misses on Afghanistan and Russia and their impacts today

Ambassador Robert Hunter
Europe

RIP Amb. Robert Hunter, who warned about NATO expansion

His work in both the Carter and Clinton administrations reflected sober analysis and the pursuit of engaging Russia and Iran rather than isolating them

Unlike Cheney, at least McNamara tried to atone for his crimes
Washington Politics

Unlike Cheney, at least McNamara tried to atone for his crimes

A new book looks into the psychology of the Vietnam war era defense secretary and finds a ghost

US foreign policy
Washington Politics

What does US ‘national interest’ really mean?

Globalization tried to define it, and failed the people. Now it's moving back to scale and where it belongs.

Lyndon Johnson
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

NATO mark rutte jens stoltenberg
Europe

NATO countries spending 3%? That's empire.

Mark Rutte wants Cold War spending but Russia is in no way the same adversary, calling into question real motives