American Power
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Kagan and Boot: The Guilty Are Writing the Verdict (Extended Version)

From Tehran to Taiwan: The Men Who Built America’s Empire Are Now Writing Its Autopsy The extraordinary significance of the Max Boot interview with former CIA analyst John Culver does not rest merely in the military assessments themselves, severe as they already appear. The deeper significance rests in who is speaking, where they are speaking,… Continue reading
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One Battle, Two Press Releases: Hormuz and the Crisis of American Deterrence

The Persian Gulf confrontation exposed the widening gap between military optics and operational control, while financial stabilisation and military escalation merged into the same strategic system A naval withdrawal inside the Strait of Hormuz would mark a strategic rupture extending far beyond one contested waterway, because the credibility of American maritime supremacy depends upon sustained… Continue reading
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