America’s Fatal Attraction to War
The Perverse Incentives for Presidents to Use Military Force EMMA ASHFORD is a Senior Fellow in the Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center and the author of First Among Equals: U.S. Foreign Policy in a…

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By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
The Perverse Incentives for Presidents to Use Military Force EMMA ASHFORD is a Senior Fellow in the Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center and the author of First Among Equals: U.S. Foreign Policy in a…
By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
This live blog is now closed. A US Navy officer walks past fighter jets on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a media tour in November 2024. Photograph: Fazry…
By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
(下边有中文翻译,请继续看到底。 谢谢。) The rejection of the US-backed 15-point Gaza peace plan by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is more than another disagreement between Washington and Tel Aviv. It is a warning that the Middle…
By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine watches and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testify during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing titled "A Review of the President's FY2027 Budget Request…
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
The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s Ambassador to the US Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti. John McIlwaine/United Nations/Sipa The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the US, escalating a rift between…



