Is Revolt in Russia Good for America?
The Wagner Group’s short-lived mutiny seems to have weakened Putin—but that isn’t necessarily a win for Washington.
An African Perspective on the Trump Indictment
In 2024 the United States will vote to elect its 47th president. The current president, Joe Biden has said he plans to seek re-election, while the former president, Donald Trump has already declared his intentions, even while facing legal battles. On March 30th, Former President Donald Trump was indicted for 34 felony counts for falsifying…
How the Iraq war altered US politics and led to the emergence of Trump
The drive to war was fueled by partisanship and served as an accelerant to the extremism that led to Trump and the Capitol riot Long shadow of US invasion of Iraq still looms over international order Twenty years ago, Lt Col Karen Kwiatkowski was working as a desk officer in the Pentagon, when she became aware of…
Can America Do Anything at All to Encourage Democracy?
As uprisings happen in China and Iran, it’s no accident the United States hasn’t been involved.
What America’s Great Unwinding Would Mean for the World
A peculiar cognitive dissonance seems to have taken hold in the world. The Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—led and propped up by the United States—has reminded the world that the international order is, if anything, more dependent on American military, economic, and financial might now than only a few years ago. Yet everywhere…
America’s Necessary Myth for the World
For European officials and politicians, a great fear gnaws at the back of their minds when they look at the ongoing war in Ukraine: What happens if the United States loses interest? Despite the war being in Europe, involving European powers, with largely European consequences, America remains the essential partner for Ukraine. For most of…
China Is Doing Biden’s Work for Him
If President Joe Biden’s trip to Asia—marked as it was by his comments on the defense of Taiwan, announcements on a proposed new regional trade pact, and meetings with leaders who exhibit similar levels of concern about a rising China—has shown the persistence of American global power, it has also revealed something of equal importance:…
COVID Stimulus Checks Worsened Inflation
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Why the U.S. Military Isn’t Ready for Civil War
The unimaginable has become reality in the United States. Buffoonish mobs desecrating the U.S. Capitol building, tanks parading down
Donald Trump’s Unexceptional America
Global Some of the American mystique has gone, even if the raw power remains. That is what