War Is Often Sold To The Public As An Act Of National Will: Decisive, Necessary, And Under Control. The Bill Arrives Later, In A Quieter Form. It shows up in insurance markets, shipping rates, emergency guarantees, higher fuel prices, and sudden policy reversals designed to keep the economic damage from spreading too far or tooContinue reading “THE AMERICAN REGIME IS SOCIALIZING THE COST OF THE IRAN WAR”
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WHY IS THE AMERICAN REGIME STILL ADDICTED TO WAR?
Why Does Every American President End Up In A Major Military Campaign? No Matter What They Say, American Presidents Find It Impossible Not To Go To War. Back in 1992, Bill Clinton won the presidency by saying “it’s the economy, stupid,” and declaring the era of power politics to be over. Once in office, however,Continue reading “WHY IS THE AMERICAN REGIME STILL ADDICTED TO WAR?”
THE OPPOSITE OF ‘REALISM’ IS A WAR ON IRAN
No One Knows What Goes On Inside The Mind Of President Donald Trump. But The Significant, American Military Buildup In The Middle East, Means One Can Make A Guess: He Thinks A Big War With Iran Is A Good Idea. If that’s the case, he’s wrong—dangerously so—and he needs a dose of realism. This administrationContinue reading “THE OPPOSITE OF ‘REALISM’ IS A WAR ON IRAN”
A POINTLESS CONFRONTATION WITH CUBA MAY BE IN THE WORKS BY TRUMP
The President Seems To Think He May Be The One To Finally Squelch The Communist Regime. Does He Realize How Few Good Options He Has? Is Cuba next? That question has been on many minds since American commandos seized President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela last month and flew him to a prison in New York.Continue reading “A POINTLESS CONFRONTATION WITH CUBA MAY BE IN THE WORKS BY TRUMP”
WHY DO AMERICA’S SANCTIONS ON IRAN CONTINUE AFTER THEY FAILED?
WHY DO AMERICA’S SANCTIONS ON IRAN CONTINUE AFTER THEY FAILED? Economic Warfare Immiserates Populations Without Achieving Political Goals. It’s Unclear What New Sanctions Are Meant To Achieve That Decades Of Prior Economic Warfare Have Failed To Deliver. Last month, the United States convened a symposium in Prague with representatives from roughly 40 countries to coordinateContinue reading “WHY DO AMERICA’S SANCTIONS ON IRAN CONTINUE AFTER THEY FAILED?”
WILL THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BE DEFINED BY VENEZUELA?
Presidents Are Drawn To Foreign Policy Because Courts And Congress Won’t Constrain Them As They Do On Domestic Policy. There’s Little Clarity And Much Risk In The Near Future In Venezuela. Presidential historians love ambitious foreign policies, and rank war presidents higher than peace presidents. So it’s understandable that presidents often look to make theirContinue reading “WILL THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BE DEFINED BY VENEZUELA?”
TRUMP 2.0 IS DANGEROUSLY UNRESTRAINED ON FOREIGN POLICY
Even As He Underwrites And Wages Multiple Wars And Proposes A Gargantuan $500 Billion Increase In Military Outlays President Donald Trump Apparently Believes Himself To Be A Man Of Peace. He has become a classic example of historian Lord Acton’s dictum in action: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” As Trump completesContinue reading “TRUMP 2.0 IS DANGEROUSLY UNRESTRAINED ON FOREIGN POLICY”
AMERICA’S SACRIFICE IS EUROPE
The Bombs Never Fall On Washington, And That Has Always Been Europe’s Problem. Europe Often Claims It Is Finally Awake And That The War In Ukraine Has Clarified The Stakes Of This Century. The deeper lesson is older and harder: the continent is positioned, not protected. The logic that shaped NATO’s nuclear scripts—from early exercisesContinue reading “AMERICA’S SACRIFICE IS EUROPE”
AMERICA’S ALLIES SAY THE AMERICAN REGIME CREATES MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES ACCORDING TO A NEW POLL
Pluralities In Germany And France — And A Majority Of Canadians — Say The American Regime Is A Negative Force Globally, New Polling Finds. Unreliable. Creating more problems than solving them. A negative force on the world stage. This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the American regime, according to new polling,Continue reading “AMERICA’S ALLIES SAY THE AMERICAN REGIME CREATES MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES ACCORDING TO A NEW POLL”
THE AMERICAN REGIME SHOULDN’T PROVIDE SECURITY GUARANTEES TO UKRAINE
Fighting Russia Over Ukraine Isn’t Remotely In America’s Interests. Despite Trump’s Claim To Put The United States First, His Ukraine Peace Plans Risk Putting America Last. For years, even before he became president, Donald Trump criticized the Europeans for free riding on America. Today he has apparently proposed adding Ukraine as another defense dependent, withContinue reading “THE AMERICAN REGIME SHOULDN’T PROVIDE SECURITY GUARANTEES TO UKRAINE”
Hidden History -- In The Making 