“You have chosen poorly!” The Problem with Historical Analogies and U.S. Policy
Indiana Jones, despite being chased by Nazi thugs through Europe and the Middle East, manages to...
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H.G. Wells And Defending the “Restoration Doctrine”
Michael Singh’s parochial critique in Foreign Policy Magazine entitled “‘Restoration’ is Not an...
Read MoreThe Slaughter Benches of History: Hegel and Radical Extremists
The correlational dichotomy between words and deeds is as old as history itself, ranging from Alexander the Great reading the Iliad, which supposedly inspired him to conquer the world, to the disturbing image of Nietzsche’s...
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Pakistan: Why Lying Seldom Pays in International Politics
“There may be honor among thieves, but there is none among politicians!” a disgusted...
Read MoreSemantics and the German “Nein” in Libya
Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her vice-chancellor and foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, are under increased attack from all sides for their refusal to participate militarily in the UN-sanctioned no-fly zone...
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The Cyber Fortress Mentality
Most people imagine that historical battles were fought between opposing armies charging and...
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Peace with Honor? Lessons from Ending the Vietnam War
Despite many critical voices of the overuse of the Vietnam War metaphor when talking about the war in Afghanistan, there are many striking similarities between the last years of the Vietnam War and the Obama administration’s attempt to extract most US combat forces from Afghanistan within the next twelve months.
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