Topic

Monroe Doctrine

Apr 11

Old Maps, New Wars: Why the Hormuz Wargames Were Right Then — and Dead Wrong Now

A defense industry veteran told me the Strait of Hormuz was a guaranteed nuclear flashpoint. His wargames said so. Two decades of classified modeling backed it up. He's probably right about 2005. What he hasn't updated is the board. And the board has moved.

Mar 2

Foreign Policy

The Isolationist Case Against American Superpower Ignores Two Realities: The Enemy's Own Words and the Vacuum We'd Leave

The blowback theory assumed the enemy was reacting to what we did. It never asked what happens when they're acting on what they believe — and have been telling us so for 45 years.

Jan 6

Foreign Policy

The Folly of the UN: Wilson Promised Peace, Truman Promised Order—Instead America Got Collective Hostility

Wilson promised peace, Truman promised order—we got an $18B collective hostility. Lodge warned in 1919 that surrendering sovereignty would fetter American power. He was right. Time to defund this farce.