Review – Unrivaled: Why America Will Remain the World’s Sole Superpower
Michael Beckley is convincing in his argument that the United States is the most efficient producer of power on the planet.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
European Allies must decide whether or not to honor America as a global intervener by naming the new NATO headquarters building after John McCain.
When Will America Come Home? When Trump Visits London, Seoul or Berlin
The forward deployment is a legacy of the Cold War when the US was faced with a challenging Superpower and the need to protect its allies.
The Next Front in a Very Long War
War memorials are ways in which nations define the conflict for posterity and thus are intensely political in presence and purpose.
Protecting Europe: We Really Mean it
Once a year or so, the US will complain about how little our allies do. Don’t worry. It is just ritualistic behavior expected of the incumbent and carries no weight back here.
Finding an Alternative World Order
Serious change in the global security order can come about only when the United States actually does less international intervening. Then, others will do more – if slowly at first.
Making Sense of Trump’s Travel Ban
Terrorism terrorizes. The public’s desire for protection will provoke a political response. The ban is a message to friends and family of terrorists.
A World Full of Free Riders?
In some American eyes, most recently in the Trump administration, the rich nations of the world appear to find excuses to do little for global security or even their own defense.
Managing Global Security beyond ‘Pax Americana’
The rivalry of superpowers that we saw in the 20th century was a certain kind of world order. The hubris of one rich and powerful nation, the USA, is another – and one that is likely to end soon.
Anger, the Race for the Presidency and US Foreign Policy
Trump’s lack of knowledge of foreign policy will draw the most attention for fear of him assuming command of America’s powerful and complex security apparatus.
