Michael H. Hunt & Steven I. Levine: Power Pivot or Duffer’s Divot?: Obama’s Asia Policy
American leaders still crave international leadership. But the time for sweet dreams of a U.S. era in Asia is over.
American leaders still crave international leadership. But the time for sweet dreams of a U.S. era in Asia is over.
Michael Hunt on how the United States’ exit from Afghanistan might seem similar to some past tricky military retreats.
Developments over the last month or so have put the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan under a dark cloud. The McChrystal affair and the WikiLeaks revelations are symptomatic of deeper troubles: the rapid bankruptcy of counterinsurgency, a surge in U.S. casualties, the persistently problematic role of Pakistan, the continued immobility of the Karzai regime, the sluggish …
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