Thomas E. Graham
Global Governance, Eurasia
Kennan’s Long Telegram needs an update for Putin’s Russia.
In February 1946, George Kennan sent back from Moscow the “Long Telegram,” an analysis of the sources of Soviet foreign policy, which came to serve as the intellectual foundation of the containment policy the United States pursued during the Cold War. The telegram landed in the midst of a reassessment of American Soviet policy as the hopes born of the grand alliance against... Читать дальше...
Asked if the data could be a game-changer in the election, the Australian told Fox News in an interview conducted by satellite: “I think it’s significant. Assange has been living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for five years to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces sexual assault accusations. WikiLeaks released files in July of what it said were audio recordings pulled from the emails of the Democratic National Committee that were obtained by hacking its servers.
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Former North Melbourne coach Dean Laidley has taken a veiled swipe at Jarrad Waite after the Kangaroos decided to move on club stalwarts Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie and Michael Firrito on Wednesday instead of the injury-plagued forward.
We've had some shock exits but the token villains and bacon-lovers are falling away and some real wife material is emerging.
Doug Bandow
Security, Asia
The danger of ambiguity and entanglement is greater.
Looking to its legacy, the Obama administration may declare no first use of nuclear weapons. Some Asia specialists worried about North Korea argue against making such a pledge. That’s another reason it might be better for Washington to encourage its ally South Korea to turn to nuclear proliferation.
Washington has possessed nuclear weapons for more than seventy years. No one doubts that... Читать дальше...
Hal Brands
Security, Global Governance, United States
Washington is still the global top dog—but it will need to work harder to stay on top regionally.
Is the era of American primacy over, and should the United States conduct a fundamental geopolitical retrenchment as a result? These questions are now being debated more seriously within the U.S. foreign-policy community than they have been for decades, and answering them correctly requires understanding four fundamental points about the arc of American power. Читать дальше...
Fremantle has got precious little right in 2016 but at least the Dockers have managed a champion's exit the right way. Unlike North Melbourne...
This is all we need in the world.
No living being is more satisfied and adorable than a dog getting a belly rub.
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It's just science.
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The glee is overflowing.
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The excitement, contagious.
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