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Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
The liberal aversion to national interest stems from an idealism, a larger vision of country, a vision of some ambition and nobility—the ideal of a true international community. And that is: To transform the international system from the Hobbesian universe into a Lockean universe. To turn the state of nature into a norm-driven community. To turn th
... See moreCharles Krauthammer • Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
The victors of history have a habit of growing complacent at precisely the wrong moment. While it is currently fashionable to claim that the strength of our ideas and ideals in the West will inevitably lead to triumph over our adversaries, there are times when resistance, even armed resistance, must precede discourse. Our entire defense establishme
... See moreAlexander C. Karp • The Technological Republic: The Sunday Times bestseller from the great minds behind Palantir
The clinical approach of the presidents, and their trust in legal specialists to guide them in what would essentially become a referendum on their convictions, are reminders of the perils of delegating the waging of political battle to legal referees at its margins.
Alexander C. Karp • The Technological Republic: The Sunday Times bestseller from the great minds behind Palantir
David Martin and John Walcott’s Best Laid Plans: The Inside Story of America’s War Against Terrorism (Martin and Walcott 1988).
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
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
The authors began by rejecting the notion that “America must always be in charge.” Rather, they held, the United States should adopt a collegial approach to world affairs, working with other nations and international bodies to resolve disputes. Among these was the Iranian nuclear threat, “which should not be underestimated nor overhyped,” and that
... See moreMichael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
the last day of his presidency, Clinton warned George Bush and Colin Powell not to trust a word Arafat would say to them.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Identifying the major participants in a coming great-power war, should it happen, is no Black Swan mystery. It’s more like a Gray Rhino, to use policy analyst Michele Wucker’s evocative phrase—something which, when we pause to think about it, is big, obvious, and galloping straight toward us. To list the roster on one side, we need only refer to Am
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