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Warfare and Welfare

Michael Brenes

on war, politics, political economy, and connections between them.

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Beyond the "Donroe Doctrine"

I have a new essay out in Foreign Affairs on the state and future of global order. You can read it here. The piece was inspired by my teaching in the Grand Strategy program at Yale and conversations with several colleagues and students in i...

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When Will the Pendulum Swing Back?

Is the Electoral Map of 2024 an aberration?

In the weeks after Donald Trump was re-elected in 2024, I noticed political commentators already making predictions that the “pendulum will swing back” to Democrats again. Wait two or four years....

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My new book, "The Rivalry Peril" is out!!!

I must once again apologize for neglecting this newsletter. Teaching, writing, and family responsibilities occupied most of my time over the fall, and they have only increased in the winter. But I aim to give this Substack greater attention...

a year ago
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My Next Book!: A WAR FOR OUR TIMES: THE UNITED STATES IN THE AGE OF TERROR

When I returned to this newsletter in the spring, I alluded to the many projects I have been working on that prevented me from giving “Warfare and Welfare” my full attention. One of those projects was a co-written book with my good friend V...

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Votes for Humphrey [Biden]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about why 1968 is a bad metaphor for the present. I thought I said what I needed to say about 1968, for now. But then I encountered this New Republic article by historian Michael Kazin: “I Opposed Humphrey in ’68. A...

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    Historian at Yale. Author of "For Might and Right." Next book (with Van Jackson): "The Rivalry Peril: How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy" (Yale University Press, January 2025).

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