Un-Diplomatic

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Liberalism Has a Heather Cox Richardson Problem
Many of you, I’m certain, follow the work of Heather Cox Richardson—a historian who rose to public fame by being a daily chronicler of Trump’s legal…
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The Emotional Stress of Imperial Decline
No empire is permanent. No “great” power remains so forever. But I missed the history lesson that would’ve prepared me for the emotional turmoil of the…
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Friendship and National-Security Ideology: A Living Experiment
In the world of liberal primacy, you can’t be an insider and keep it 100
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A Political Map of Washington Think Tanks
I spend a lot of time advising grad students, former students, and early-career folks with ambitions of being involved in some way with foreign policy.
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Intelligent China Policy: An Interview with Paul Heer
This former National Intelligence Officer is speaking out about Sino-US rivalry and the prospects of war over Taiwan. Is Washington listening?
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National Security As An Architecture of Bullsh*t
The authority being used to detain and deport Mahmoud Khalil reveals--for the millionth time--the false foundations of national security.
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What is “Far-Right Leninist Multipolarity?”
If you’re going to explore the mind of the MAGA intellectual, you better be prepared to read carefully and think critically or you’ll get lost
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Public Versus Elite Intellectualism
Be Edward Said, not Larry Summers.
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Why “Restoring Deterrence” is Not a Thing
...and why America’s bloody reputation neutered its deterrent threats against the Houthis
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The Competition Metaphor in International Relations
Competition does not bring out the best in you—it exposes what you’re really about
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The Counter-Revolutionaries in Charge
Arno Mayer’s old categories have renewed purchase in the MAGA/NatCon era.
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Trumperialism
Add the Panama Canal to the foreign territories under threat from Trump, and take note that China is the excuse facilitating this emergent framework.
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