What Makes A Power Great
Nations do not prevail in enduring competitions chiefly by acquiring superior technological or military capabilities or even by imposing their will in every crisis or war. Read More Here
Category: Diplomacy
The US Needs A New Solarium For A New Grand Strategy
A new grand strategy is desperately needed to meet not only the military threat posed by Russia, but the more comprehensive threat from China. Read More Here
The Bay Of Bengal Could Be Key To A Free And Open Indo-Pacific
Within the Indo-Pacific theater, the Bay of Bengal — situated at the intersection between South and Southeast Asia — is a divider, a connector, and one of the prime battlegrounds. Read More Here
With Great-Power Crisis Comes Great-Power Opportunity
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—and the responses of the United States and China—has generated the first great-power crisis in decades. Read More Here
World Focused On Ukraine But What’s Up With Other Flash Points?
While war rages in Ukraine, the world’s other crises deserve attention. Let us Look at Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea and elsewhere. Read More Here
America Needs Strategic Empathy In A Multipolar World
The reality is that middle powers have independent security, economic, and regional interests (among others) that cut against America’s Manichean worldview and abstract objectives. Read More Here
The West Vs. The Rest
The reluctance of the Rest to jeopardize relations with Putin’s Russia will complicate the West’s ability to manage ties with allies and others not only now but also when the war is over. Read More Here
The West Forgot About The Pacific Islands. China Didn’t.
It has been eight decades since the Battle for Guadalcanal was fought between Allied Forces and the Japanese Imperial Army. Today, the Solomon Islands are again at the center of a Pacific power game — one that pits the U.S. and its strategic partners against their latest adversary, China. Read More Here
The Return Of Statecraft
International politics had clearly entered a new era, one in which the old forms of predatory state behavior had returned, and the putative global hegemon proved unable to stop it. The colossus could not get its way. Read More Here
Six Wrenches That Twist The Mind
From War and Anti-war: Making Sense of Today’s Global Chaos by Alvin and Heidi Toffler (Warner Books 1993) Each of these mind wrenches is designed to exploit the mass media to sway emotions in mass societies. Atrocity accusation Hyperbolic inflation of the stakes involved in a battle or war (soldiers and civilians told everything they […]
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