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I am a retired foreign service officer and ambassador and have been a lecturer on foreign affairs at the University of Washington since 2017. I am a political progressive and a strong advocate for restraint in American foreign and security policy.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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Blob Slop
The Blob - the American foreign and security policy establishment - is generating ever more slop. Writing the same article over and over again, from the same worn-out perspective of “great power competition” and “American exceptionalism”. T...
Is New Management What We Need?
Jamelle Bouie’s column this morning in the New York Times lays out the ongoing transformation of the United States into a new Regime under Trump, one guided by Project 2025 in both vision and execution. Bouie highlights the Democrats’ lack...
The End of American Pop Culture "Exorbitant Privilege"
Have you watched any of the Lego videos that Iran and Iranians are posting to make fun of Trump and America? If not, you really should. They are very fluent, very “inside baseball”, often very funny, and in some cases small masterpieces of...
The Cultural Revolution and the MAGA Revolution
There are huge differences between China during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) and MAGA America (2016-28?, with a short and partial interlude during Biden). But it's the similarities that worry me.
Mao’s Last Revolution by Roderick MacF...
"Daddy" Is Home and Looking for a Dog to Kick
Xi Jinping didn’t deliberately shame Donald Trump. The Chinese leader rolled out the red carpet and went through his talking points and agreed to buy a few Boeings and soybeans. But the Trump Regime set itself up for disappointment, floatin...
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