America: The New Forever Wars
How America Gets Stuck in Its Allies’ Fights DAFNA H. RAND is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. She has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and as…

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By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
How America Gets Stuck in Its Allies’ Fights DAFNA H. RAND is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. She has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and as…
By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
(下边有中文翻译,请继续看到底。 谢谢。) Summary Over more than seven decades, the relationship has witnessed periods of close strategic cooperation, moments of mutual disappointment, and repeated efforts at rebuilding trust. Today, amid shifting geopolitical realities, economic transformation,…
By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
In foreign policy, good ideas often emerge from bad decisions. Such was the case with the Powell Doctrine, a term typically associated with the American triumph over Iraq in the 1990–91 Gulf War. The…
By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
(下边有中文翻译,请继续看到底。谢谢。) The latest escalation between the United States, Israel, and Iran has raised a serious question for the Middle East, Europe, and the wider world: Can any country safely outsource its national security to…
By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
The president’s methods, from ‘flooding the zone’ with scandals to prioritizing loyalty over competence, could ultimately weaken rather than strengthen himMon 3 Aug 2026 11.00 BSTShare226 The pattern is by now all too familiar:…
By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
(下边有中文翻译,请继续看到底。谢谢。) The Israeli-American war against Iran is entering a dangerous phase. What began as a military confrontation is increasingly becoming an energy, economic and geopolitical crisis with consequences far beyond the battlefield. The longer…



