Shared: Foreign Policy
PUBLIUS: Lieutenant General Sylvia and Institutional Rot
Cynical Publius argues the removal of Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was about alleged leaks, not policy disputes, and calls it a sign of deeper institutional rot.
Foreign Policy
Shared: Ideology & the Left
DATAREPUBLICAN: The Democracy Files (Parts 1–11)
A dated, linked guide to DataRepublican's Democracy Files series, with every claim attributed to her reporting.
Foreign Policy
Old Maps, New Wars: Why the Hormuz Wargames Were Right Then — and Dead Wrong Now
A defense industry veteran told me the Strait of Hormuz was a guaranteed nuclear flashpoint. His wargames said so. Two decades of classified modeling backed it up. He's probably right about 2005. What he hasn't updated is the board. And the board has moved.
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The Isolationist Case Against American Superpower Ignores Two Realities: The Enemy's Own Words and the Vacuum We'd Leave
The blowback theory assumed the enemy was reacting to what we did. It never asked what happens when they're acting on what they believe — and have been telling us so for 45 years.
Foreign Policy
The Folly of the UN: Wilson Promised Peace, Truman Promised Order—Instead America Got Collective Hostility
Wilson promised peace, Truman promised order—we got an $18B collective hostility. Lodge warned in 1919 that surrendering sovereignty would fetter American power. He was right. Time to defund this farce.
Foreign Policy
Venezuela, Anybody? Maduro, Drugs, Oil, and the Monroe Doctrine Resurrected
Maduro arrest: the right call—legally, strategically, morally. The foreign policy establishment is melting down because Trump proved everything they believed about American power was wrong. The Monroe Doctrine isn't dead. America has spine again without endless wars.