Washington Politics
It’s time to embrace a ‘less-than-grand’ strategy
The US would get into a lot less trouble abroad if it focused its attention a little bit closer to home.
September 05, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
How Kevin Roberts flipped the script at the hawkish Heritage Foundation
In a wide-ranging Q&A, this 'recovering neocon' says there's a way to support Ukraine — and confront China — without more war.
February 28, 2023
Europe
How the war in Ukraine has challenged left-wing restrainers
The Russian invasion has fractured this side of the ideological spectrum, putting values to the test. Can a consensus possibly emerge now?
February 23, 2023
Washington Politics
Why Walter Lippmann wanted to demolish the ideas behind Cold War
As a grand strategist and America's most powerful media figure at the time, he exuded the integrity missing from today's discourse.
January 13, 2023
Washington Politics
Beware the 'America First' foreign policy phonies
Right now it's fashionable to talk about national interests and even restraint, but with these folks, how much of it is sincere?
January 12, 2023
Washington Politics
China: For some, where restraint ends and hawkishness begins
Is it 'realism' to build up a case for US military primacy in East Asia, or just intellectual inconsistency?
January 03, 2023
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