What is the big idea (or set of ideas) the West is battling about?
Tag Archives: US
Battling ISIS and the Six Lessons of Vietnam
Eerie similarities between the United States’ defeat in Vietnam and early stages of conflict in Iraq and Syria.
United States: The Hypocritical Hegemon
Why the United States has lost the mantle of moral and geopolitical arbiter.
Pope Francis: U.S.-Cuba Matchmaker
What the U.S.-Cuba deal tells us about the future of Vatican diplomacy in a multi-polar world.
China, U.S., Europe — Whose Century?
How will existing and rising world powers influence the course of the 21st century?
Europe — As Irritating as Women’s Lib?
Four theses on where the United States stands vis-à-vis Europe.