Why US hegemony is incompatible with a ‘rules-based international order’
A bad argument for invading the Solomon Islands reflects the inherent conflict between America’s dominance and its purported liberal values.
A bad argument for invading the Solomon Islands reflects the inherent conflict between America’s dominance and its purported liberal values.
Unfortunately for establishment critics, the war in Ukraine is making their own case for US primacy less appetizing by the day.
Especially where Taiwan is concerned, if we learn the wrong lessons from Afghanistan, we are doomed to fail again.
It’s called institutionalizing hubris, and it’s taking U.S. global foreign policy nowhere fast.
Despite the now obvious need for global cooperation on shared security threats, many in Washington are still stuck on outdated zero-sum policies.
The US can avoid its past mistakes by focusing on human rights, rather than countering Russia or China.
If he could shed the cloying strictures of the establishment, he might adopt these bold and visionary principles as his own.
The unipolar world is over, but it’s taking some on both sides of the ideological spectrum a long time to admit it.
In a post-COVID-19 world, U.S. national security strategy should be based on a just peace framework that constructively engages conflicts, breaks cycles of violence, and builds sustainable peace.