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As a result of Austria’s defeat combined with Woodrow Wilson’s doctrine of national self-determination and democratic ideology, a plethora of states weak in structure and inadequate in resources now faced Germany in Eastern and Central Europe. Any future resurgence of German military capacity would have to be defeated by a French offensive into the
... See moreHenry Kissinger • Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
The entanglement of various agencies with each other is compounded by a massive entanglement with society. The barrier having been broken, there are few areas of private life in which the federal government is not in some way involved.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Clinton was hammered on other aspects of Libya, but it was the incoherence of the policy that hurt her the most. Every time she praised her foreign policy experience, Libya came up.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
national movement to apply an ethical framework, through government action, to the untrammeled growth of modern America. Roosevelt understood from the outset that this task hinged upon the need to develop powerfully reciprocal relationships with members of the national press.
Doris Kearns Goodwin • The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
“What kind of president will you be?” To which he answered, “I would want to use the platform of being president of the Ford Foundation to really deeply interrogate the structures and systems and cultural practices in our country that increase the likelihood of more inequality in our society and of more exclusion and marginalization of people, part
... See moreAnand Giridharadas • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
How the U.S. Government Can Learn to See the Future
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Fourth, we would not assume linear progress toward our objectives and would instead acknowledge the degree of agency that others (whether the authoritarian powers Russia and China, transnational threats such as jihadist terrorist organizations, hostile states such as Iran or North Korea, or multiple actors in emerging arenas of competition in cyber
... See moreH. R. McMaster • Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World
By highlighting its contributions to Israel’s defense, the administration could justify pressuring Israeli leaders on peace.
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
to us—which is our central problem.