Europe
Ukraine and the great revival of American empire
Kyiv's fate has always been an afterthought. The real goal is reinvigorating NATO and, by extension, US primacy.
July 17, 2023
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North America
Puerto Rico: A launchpad for empire in the Caribbean
The island, which has been continuously colonized since the 1490s, is a linchpin of US power projection overseas.
November 25, 2022
Asia-Pacific
A very long war: The common project behind Vietnam and Afghanistan
Though separated by decades, both wars were driven by a doomed commitment to American exceptionalism and ever-expanding hegemony.
January 26, 2022
North America
Answering the armies of the cheated
The entire American foreign-policy establishment has succumbed to a monumentally self-destructive ideological post-Cold War fever.
August 07, 2021
North America
Doctrines of disaster and dreams of security as the Biden years begin
If you need proof that the last superpower is indeed crumbling, consider the year we’ve just lived through, not to mention the first few weeks of 2021.
January 23, 2021
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