First and Second Thoughts
Kent M. HarringtonAbroad at home....
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Trump in Beijing: All But the Kowtow
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Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but in a media-saturated world, capturing and holding attention on billions of screens big a...
The Governor and the Gulag: The Georgia Bulldog That Doesn't Bark
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs that properly concern them, Paul Valéry once wrote. Brian Kemp seems to have taken the French essayist’s words to heart. Whether it’s the Feds big footing a small Georgia...
Trump and America's Asian Allies: The Not So Long Goodbye
Turning points in world affairs are most often seen in the rear view mirror. For US allies in Asia, however, Donald Trump’s betrayals in Europe have upped the odds and their anxiety that they, too, will face a historic fork-in-the-road this...
When the Media Covers Madness, Beware When Bizarre Becomes Banal
Writing six years ago in my In the National Interest column on Mediavillage.com, a media and advertising industry center for knowledge and thought leadership, I discussed the challenge facing the news business in covering a psychologica...
Trump's Made-in-the-USA Blockade: Where Was Mel Brooks This Weekend?
Donald Trump’s announced on Sunday that the US Navy will blockade the Strait of Hormuz as well as round-up any ships that have paid Iran’s tolls for their get-out-of-jail card. While JD, Jared, Steve, Marco and Pete may have helped the idea...
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Kent M. Harrington is a writer and former senior CIA analyst, who has served as national intelligence officer for East Asia, chief of station in Asia, and the CIA’s director of public affairs.
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