
Commentary / World Jan 10, 2021
Five books that explain the world
To comprehend Russia, including the mindset of Vladimir Putin, I’ve found more illumination in Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and above all Gogol than in most CIA reports.
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To comprehend Russia, including the mindset of Vladimir Putin, I’ve found more illumination in Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and above all Gogol than in most CIA reports.
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The problem with providing the F-35 to Arab states is it might erode Israel’s QME, a U.S. assurance that it will not sell its most advanced arms to Israel’s opponents.
Possible bite. While there is certainly justifiable "Middle East fatigue” in the U.S. today, now is not to time to withdraw.
This could be the first step toward a strategic coalition to check aggression from Iran.
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The new ABCs of combat: autonomy, biotech and cyber.
Putting a price on American heads today is not at all like the U.S. arming anti-Soviet forces in Afghanistan.
The failed siege of Tripoli is an opening for peace, but only if the outside players end their proxy war.