William Astore says War Is the True Enemy

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Arguably the biggest problem in America today is that the government remains on a wartime footing. The possibility of America being a normal country in normal times, at peace, is simply never mentioned. In...

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Q&A: Richard Sakwa: Trump’s Perestroika?

Reprinted with permission from the American Committee for US-Russia Accord (ACURA) The eminent Russianist Richard Sakwa is emeritus professor of Politics at the University of Kent. His new book (his fourth since 2020) is called The Culture of the Second Cold War...

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William Astore on ‘Bombs and Bulldozers Are Us’

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I recently ordered a few items from Amazon. Random stuff like a shower caddy, an iPhone case, and lamp sockets. It won’t surprise you to learn they were all “Made in China.” I ordered some clothes from a fancy...

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