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Asia-Pacific

US-China symposium: Spheres of influence for me, not for thee?

The administration is asserting its security imperative in the Western Hemisphere but what happens when American interests collide with China's 'near abroad'? We asked 14 experts.

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Washington Politics

Trump's realist defense strategy with interventionist asterisks

There's some encouraging signs for restraint but the document still pays homage to American militarism

Monroe Doctrine
Latin America

Nostalgia isn't strategy: Stop the Monroe revisionism and listen

Offering a sober assessment of 19th and 20th Century US foreign policy and lessons learned the hard way

ukraine russia war
Europe

Despite the blob's teeth gnashing, realists got Ukraine right

As usual, critics are still trying to launder their abysmal policy records by projecting their failures and conceits onto others.

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Washington Politics

Summer of the 'isolationist' smear: Colby and restraint in crosshairs

"It’s been a pretty crappy 45 days" for those trying to keep the president from making the same mistakes as his predecessors

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Global Crises

Philosopher saints Augustine, Aquinas guide US grand strategy

Prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance — all necessary for a policy of restraint