Europe
Writing the Ukraine War history, as it happens
Three new books dissent from the orthodoxy, helping to illuminate key aspects of the conflict and the crisis between Russia and the West.
November 30, 2022
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Washington Politics
Bad Branding: Another blobby bite at the anti-restraint apple
Unfortunately for establishment critics, the war in Ukraine is making their own case for US primacy less appetizing by the day.
June 04, 2022
Washington Politics
Toward a unified theory of Blob-dom
“The Blob” isn’t a coherent concept, according to some blobsters. Well they would say that, wouldn’t they?
October 13, 2021
Asia-Pacific
Has neo-Orientalism killed our ability to sense the limits of Western influence?
The failure of Afghanistan should open our eyes to the fact that we don't really know other countries and cultures at all.
September 28, 2021
North America
How the Blob mislabels 'allies' to manipulate and get its way
The US has a bad habit of acquiring clients and partners and exaggerating their importance to justify continued entanglements.
August 06, 2021
Washington Politics
Biden defers to the Blob
In Washington, members of the foreign policy elite recite stale bromides, even as they divert attention from a dead past to which they remain devoted.
March 14, 2021
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