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Understanding the Failure of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Albright Doctrine

Understanding the Failure of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Albright Doctrine Albright typifies the arrogance and hawkishness of Washington blob. How to describe U.S. foreign policy over the last couple of decades? Disastrous comes to mind. Arrogant and murderous also seem appropriate. Since 9/11, Washington has been extraordinarily active militarily—invading two nations, bombing and droning several […]

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How America’s Wars Have Created Piles of Debt (And Little Strategic Benefit)

How America’s Wars Have Created Piles of Debt (And Little Strategic Benefit) America risks the return of the very fiscal and foreign policy perils that Walter Lippmann warned about almost a century ago. When Defense Secretary James N. Mattis spoke at the 2018 Center for the National Interest Distinguished Service Award dinner in late July, […]

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The Neoconservatives Have Declared War on the Realists

The Neoconservatives Have Declared War on the Realists In recent years, I’ve increasingly suspected that when it comes to foreign policy, the realists offer some of the most sane observations. These suspicions were confirmed earlier this year when after the election of Donald Trump, John Mearsheimer, one of modern realism’s current standard bearers, wrote in […]

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‘Blood & Oil’, North Dakota, and dreams not exactly fulfilled

‘Blood & Oil’, North Dakota, and dreams not exactly fulfilled Last week a new television series set amidst the North Dakota oil boom debuted. Blood & Oil tells the story of locals and newcomers striking it rich in The Bakken, an oil formation that has been heralded as containing more oil than Saudi Arabia–a wildly misleading* but understandably […]

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Realism and the Refugee Crisis

Realism and the Refugee Crisis There are two key elements to addressing the flood of Mideast refugees into Europe. One is the immediate humanitarian crisis. The second is to undertake a realistic approach toward stabilizing the war-torn region, which will require Washington working with Moscow and Tehran, writes ex-CIA official Graham E. Fuller. The picture last […]

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