Who Should Obama Look to for Advice?: Jimmy Carter January 19, 2009Ivan Eland At the request of President-elect Barack Obama, President George W. Bush convened an awkward meeting of all living […]
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Tag: Foreign Policy & Military & War
Wouldn't it be great if wars could be fought just by the assholes who started them? – The Postman
We Can No Longer Afford the Empire
We Can No Longer Afford the Empire January 12, 2009Ivan Eland Somebody is going to have to whisper in President-elect Obama’s ear that the unipolar moment has passed and that the […]
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The Decline of Israel’s Leadership
The Decline of Israel’s Leadership January 7, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—The heart-wrenching events taking place in Gaza confirm what has been apparent since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995—the mediocrity […]
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Is Israeli Policy Crazy?
Is Israeli Policy Crazy? January 2, 2009Ivan Eland The “Israeli model” has long been held up by hawks in the United States as the gold standard for dealing with adversarial nation-states, […]
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Lame Duck Bush Administration Continues to Inflame Islamist Terrorism for Its Successor
Lame Duck Bush Administration Continues to Inflame Islamist Terrorism for Its Successor December 29, 2008Ivan Eland Although media coverage has focused on U.S. occupations and counterinsurgency/counterterrorist campaigns in Afghanistan and […]
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Lessons on the Battlefield Need to Be Learned at a Higher Level
Lessons on the Battlefield Need to Be Learned at a Higher Level December 15, 2008Ivan Eland General David Petraeus, the former military commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and author of […]
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The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself
The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself December 8, 2008Ivan Eland As rage coursed through India after the Mumbai terrorist bombings, Condoleezza Rice, the Bush administration’s Secretary of […]
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Heed Russia’s Warnings About Further NATO Expansion
Heed Russia’s Warnings About Further NATO Expansion December 1, 2008Ivan Eland Upon Barack Obama’s election, the Russians made threats to U.S. allies over their acceptance of a U.S. missile defense […]
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Military Action May Sometimes Be Moral and Constitutional, But Not Smart
Military Action May Sometimes Be Moral and Constitutional, But Not Smart November 24, 2008Ivan Eland President-elect Barack Obama—showing the obligatory toughness toward foreign “evildoers” needed (especially by Democrats) in American […]
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233rd Birthday Message from the Commandant of the Marine Corps
A BIRTHDAY MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS During the summer of 1982, in the wake of a presidential directive, Marines went ashore at Beirut, Lebanon. […]
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