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
u.s. hegemony
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
Washington Politics
Biden’s inflection point
His U.N. Speech shows why he needs to double down on his defiance of the Blob if he wants to, as he says, lead the world to a higher plane.
September 30, 2021
Asia-Pacific
750 US military bases remain around the planet
These overseas installations are now scattered across 81 countries, colonies, or territories on every continent except Antarctica.
August 25, 2021
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
Asia-Pacific
What America's seizure of websites says about the 'rules-based' order
Rules are by definition things that apply universally, so it’s hard to convince the world to respect them if you consistently violate them.
June 29, 2021
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