Nobody has come close to explaining how strategic narratives work in international relations, despite the term being banded about. Monroe Price wrote a great article in the Huffington Post yesterday that moves the debate forward. As I have already written, strategic...
So I spend a few years writing a book on American foreign policy and stop paying attention to European politics, only to return and find the whole thing in chaos. I am finding three developments...
The very foundations of Western civilization are under attack in France--President Nicolas Sarkozy likes to jog.From today's Washington Post Style Page:On the primary state television channel,...
Two major events this weekend, both deserving of comment in this space. Each totally unrelated to the other, but that's the beauty of the Blog milieu.First, in France, Sarkozy wins (or, if your...