Retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich argues America’s leaders are woefully out of touch with reality, and unable to adapt to a changing…
Two words describe Donald Trumpās legacy regarding Americaās role in the world: discontinuity and disarray. If the Trump presidency had a signature,…
The American Century Is Over.ā So claims the July 2022 cover ofĀ Harperās Magazine, adding an all-too-pertinent question: āWhatās Next?ā What, indeed? Eighty…
What role did the United States play in creating conditions for Russiaās invasion of Ukraine, and what will it take to end the war?
Joe Biden and Illusions of “Normalcy”
But No Questions about War Please
Ret. Col. Andrew Bacevich on Donald Rumsfeldās Legacy as Architect of Iraq War
Biden the Bold vs. Joe the Timid
No Bang, No Whimper, No Victory
Sadly, Joe Biden and his associates appear demonstrably incapable of exchanging the history that they know for a history on which our future may well depend
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