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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
January 22, 2026
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
His work in both the Carter and Clinton administrations reflected sober analysis and the pursuit of engaging Russia and Iran rather than isolating them
Hostile White House tactics over Greenland are accelerating an existential if not insurmountable divergence with Europe over Russia
The president declares that he will tariff the life out of countries if they do not obey him
The president's motivation isn't security or money, it's manifest destiny
The consequences will be negative, from shattering the order it claims to defend all the way up to a possible nuclear confrontation
