Military power alone cannot sustain global dominance, and attempts to assert it in the face of structural decline may hasten the very outcome they seek to prevent.
[T]he U.S.-European relationship is not merely a transient military alliance, but rather the infrastructure of the Western world since the end of World War II.
[T]he U.S.-European relationship is not merely a transient military alliance, but rather the infrastructure of the Western world since the end of World War II.
This is a particularly opportune moment for Donald Trump to alter the world order in the face of China and Russia and to reshape geopolitics in the Middle East.
Washington now faces choices: proceed with the deal and adjust its conception of alliances in the region or succumb to legislative stagnation and reject or downgrade the deal.