Hard Power Makes Sense Under Some Circumstances.

That [american Exceptionalism] Is A Reaction To The Inability Of People To Understand Global Complexity Or Important Issues Like American Energy Dependency. Therefore, They Search For Simplistic Sources Of Comfort And Clarity. And The People That They Are Now Selecting To Be, So To Speak, The Spokespersons Of Their Anxieties Are, In Most Cases, Stunningly Ignorant.

The Eastern Europeans Invested Too Many Of Their Hopes In The Notion That Somehow Or Other The Missile Shield, Even If Directed At Iran, Would Reinforce Their Security Links With The U.s. Vis-à-vis Russia.

The Mistakes Of The Iraq War Are Not Only Tactical And Strategic, But Historical. It Is Essentially A War Of Colonialism, Attempted In The Post-colonial Age.

The Most Immediate Task Is To Make Certain That No State Or Combination Of States Gains The Capacity To Expel The United States From Eurasia Or Even To Diminish Significantly Its Decisive Arbitration Role.

Ukraine, A New And Important Space On The Eurasian Chessboard, Is A Geopolitical Pivot Because Its Very Existence As An Independent Country Helps To Transform Russia. Without Ukraine, Russia Ceases To Be A Eurasian Empire.