Hawks on both sides need to back off. The resolution of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis is a useful analogy.
NATO
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Was Putin Inevitable?
How policy blunders under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush helped bring about a post-communist Russia hostile to democracy, free markets, and the West
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History’s Most Incompetent Demagogue
A competent Trump could have done lots more damage. His Europe trip was a full-blown political disaster.
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Using American Power Prudently
Our core national-security interests and the limits of military force.