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This is the third in a four-part series on U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century, the focus of which will be to explain how America went from being the self-proclaimed “indispensable” leader of the free world in the 1990s to today’s more conflicted, hesitant, and introspective great power. “I’ve come here to Cairo to
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As we approach the second anniversary of Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel, it seems an appropriate time to take the pulse of the state of justice in the world. Starting in the Middle East, what began as a very legitimate Israeli operation against the Palestinian terrorist group has spun dangerously out of control. Israeli Prime
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“”We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.” So proclaimed Donald Trump during his inaugural address, a mere five months ago, portraying himself as a noble combination of strongman and peacemaker. The administration’s
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Listening to the recent comments of Donald Trump, one could assume that America’s most pressing foreign policy challenges reside in our geographic neighborhood. Canada as our 51st state, the “Gulf of America”, taking over Greenland, and China’s designs on the Panama Canal have been repeatedly highlighted by the incoming commander in chief. While the president-elect
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There are certain events in the foreign policy realm that simply take the breath away. The scenes from Damascus, Syria on the 8th of December, signalling the fitting end to a half century of brutal familial dictatorship in the heart of the Middle East, fall into the breathtaking category. Fourteen years after the start of
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One year ago on 7 October 2023 Hamas, the militant terrorist group/governing authority of the Gaza strip, launched a lightning assault on Jewish communities across the border in Israel. The bloodletting resulted in nearly 1200 dead on the Israeli side with another 252 hostages seized in the strike and brought back to Gaza. The ramifications
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