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George Kennan sitting at his desk.

George Kennan, Loser

The American foreign policy sage was driven as much by pessimism about the US as antipathy to the Soviet Union.
by Ivan Krastev, Leonard Benardo via New Statesman on August 10, 2023
Montage of photographs from Operation Desert Storm.

How to Kill a Country

The 2003 invasion of Iraq was no turning point. It was a slow-burning tale of how Britain and the US armed a nation, and then betrayed it.
by Noah Kulwin via New Statesman on March 24, 2023

Iraq and the Pathologies of Primacy

The flawed logic that produced the war is alive and well.
by Stephen Wertheim via Foreign Affairs on March 17, 2023
A digital composite images shows troops landing at Anzac Cove in Turkey during the Gallipoli campaign in World War I.

Ukraine’s War Is Like World War I, Not World War II

The West is using the wrong analogy for Russia’s invasion—and worsening the outcome.
by Anatol Lieven via Foreign Policy on October 27, 2022
Then-Sen. John F. Kennedy (left) met with Democratic Party rival Adlai Stevenson on the porch of Kennedy’s house in 1960.

How JFK Sacrificed Adlai Stevenson and the Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The standoff 60 years ago has newfound relevance for handling the Ukraine crisis today.
by Peter Kornbluh via Foreign Policy on October 16, 2022
American politicians with supporters and German citizens in the background

1989-2001: America’s Long Lost Weekend

From the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, we had relative peace and prosperity. We squandered it completely.
by Walter Shapiro via The New Republic on June 27, 2022
Black and white photo of D-Day Normandy Landings

For the Anniversary of D-Day - Blitzkrieg Manquée? Or, a New Mode of "Firepower War"?

Why and how did D-Day succeed? The question has given postwar historians no peace.
by Adam Tooze via Chartbook on June 6, 2022
Black and white photograph of crowd in China holding pictures of Mao Zedong in celebration.

U.S. Relations With China 1949–2022

U.S.-China relations have evolved from tense standoffs to a complex mix of intensifying diplomacy, growing international rivalry, and increasingly intertwined economies.
via Council On Foreign Relations on May 26, 2022
US military pilots operating Predator drones from the ground control station.

The Forgotten Crime of War Itself

A new book argues that efforts to humanize war with smarter weaponry have obscured the task of making peace the first goal of foreign policy.
by Jackson Lears via New York Review of Books on March 31, 2022
Soldiers looking out of helicopter near Kabul, Afghanistan

A 20-Year Debacle in Afghanistan

Why the American war was destined for catastrophe and tragedy from the start.
by Charlie Savage via The Nation on March 21, 2022
Checkpoint Charlie, seen from West Berlin in 1960.

The Disastrous Return of Cold War Strategy

Hal Brands urges the U.S. to make China and Russia “pay exorbitantly” for their policies. History shows that has never worked.
by Jordan Michael Smith via The New Republic on March 10, 2022
U.S. President Harry Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson, sit in the back seat of a car.

Harry Truman Helped Make Our World Order, for Better and for Worse

Institutions meant to secure peace, from NATO to the U.N., date back to Truman’s Presidency. So do the conflicts threatening that peace.
by Beverly Gage via The New Yorker on March 4, 2022
Artistic painting showing President Truman (depicted with glasses) in the foreground, and a sketch of President Biden in the background. The two figures are surrounded by America's colors and stars from the American flag.

What Joe Biden Can Learn From Harry Truman

His approval rating hit historic lows, his party was fractious, crises were everywhere. But Truman rescued his presidency, and his legacy.
by John Dickerson via The Atlantic on March 1, 2022
Residents of Marja returning to their village on motorcycles

The Lie of Nation Building

From the very beginning, the problem with the US involvement in Afghanistan lay essentially in the deficits in American democracy.
by Fintan O’Toole via New York Review of Books on September 8, 2021
Blood over image of Afghan security in Kabul

The War on Terror: 20 Years of Bloodshed and Delusion

From the beginning, the War on Terror merged red-hot vengeance with calculated opportunism. Millions are still paying the price.
by Tariq Ali via The Nation on September 7, 2021
Plane with an eye in it and a bird's silhouette around.

Did Making the Rules of War Better Make the World Worse?

Why efforts to curb the cruelty of military force may have backfired.
by Dexter Filkins via The New Yorker on September 2, 2021
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meeting on shipboard in 1941 with officers in the background.

Revisiting Roosevelt and Churchill's 'Atlantic Charter'

Can the partnership born on a maritime U.S.-U.K. summit still protect democracy?
by Paul Kennedy via The Wall Street Journal on August 27, 2021
The skeleton of a whale

Out to Sea

Since the 1970s, the U.S. and Russia have used marine mammals to further their military objectives, sparking protest from animal rights activists.
by Susanna Space via Guernica on July 15, 2021
Two people speaking together across a border.

The Competing Visions of English and Esperanto

How English and Esperanto offer competing visions of a universal language.
by Stephanie Tam via The Believer on April 1, 2021
A car driving down the road.

The Vanishing American Century?

After World War II, American power on the world stage was defined by internationalism and cooperation.
by Daniel Immerwahr, Jeremi Suri via Not Even Past on December 9, 2020

Inventing the Environment

A review of two new books on the postwar origins of “the Environment.”
by Carolyn Taratko via Los Angeles Review of Books on August 15, 2019
Richard Holbrooke and two images of people carrying weapons of war.

The End of the American Century

What the life of Richard Holbrooke tells us about the decay of Pax Americana.
by George Packer via The Atlantic on April 10, 2019

Imperial Exceptionalism

Is it time for an end to American imperialism? Two authors re-examine American intervention overseas.
by Jackson Lears via New York Review of Books on January 29, 2019

Paens to the 'Postwar Order' Won't Save Us

A critique of a recent open letter by members of the foreign policy intelligentsia.
by Stephen Wertheim via War on the Rocks on August 6, 2018
Reagan giving his "tear down this wall" speech at the Brandenburg Gate in 1987.

Ronald Reagan and the Cold War: What Mattered Most

By seeking to talk to Soviet leaders and end the Cold War, Reagan helped to win it.
by Melvyn P. Leffler via Texas National Security Review on June 5, 2018

An Unlikely Hardliner, George H. W. Bush Was Ready to Push Presidential Powers

Though he ended up seeking congressional approval for the Gulf War, Bush was unconvinced he needed it – saying he would have gone regardless of the vote.
by Kate Keller via Smithsonian on May 14, 2018

The World Almost Ended One Week in 1983

In 1983, the U.S. simulated a nuclear war with Russia—and narrowly avoided starting a real one. We might not be so lucky next time.
by Nate Jones, J. Peter Scoblic via Slate on April 13, 2017

How Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul

In the 1970s, a new wave of post-Watergate liberals stopped fighting monopoly power. The result is an increasingly dangerous political system.
by Matt Stoller via The Atlantic on October 24, 2016

Why Are We in the Middle East?

America’s devotion to the Middle East did not make much sense in 2003, Bacevich argues; but it did in 1980, and the reason was oil.
by Richard Beck via n+1 on July 29, 2016
Black-and-white still image from the film "Dr. Strangelove," in which a man is shouting and waving his hat in the air while riding a missile in flight.

Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True

How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.
by Eric Schlosser via The New Yorker on January 17, 2014
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