Josef Joffe On American Exceptionalism, War & Strategy; John Batchelor Radio "Churchill's Bomb"9/29/2016  FPI Board Member Eric Edelman, Eliot Cohen, and Brian Hook write: The White House will need to engage once again in the hard work of alliance management and most of all, it will need to summon the will to use all the instruments and levers of American power in pursuit of a vigorous agenda of international engagement. Only then will friends and adversaries see that the passivity of the recent eight years was a momentary digression from America’s postwar tradition rather than the new normal in the way America conducts its affairs. – World Affairs Journal
Counter-Insurgency Authority Dr. Rufus Phillips Reviews "Embers of War" Wall St. Journal
 
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr. write: Given that the current challenges are both greater in scale than and different in form from those the United States encountered only a short time ago, increasing the resources devoted to national security is necessary but not sufficient. More of the same will not do. The United States must develop new military advantages, and do so faster than its rivals. –Foreign Affairs
 After years of broad and deep support at home, bolstering her as she grew to become the Continent’s most powerful leader, [Angela Merkel] is heading toward national elections next year more politically vulnerable than at any time since her early days in office, with implications that extend far beyond Germany’s borders. – New York Times Chancellor Angela Merkel's Chief of Staff said on Sunday he was confident Germany's sister conservative parties, whose unity is threatened by a row over migrant policy just a year before a federal election, would soon sort out their differences. – Reuters Growing populist forces shook Europe’s pillar of stability this weekend, as an unprecedented defeat for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in Germany signaled more political tumult across the continent. – Wall Street Journal Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union suffered an embarrassing drubbing in her own constituency on Sunday, with voters in local parliamentary elections kicking the party into third place while giving a boost to her new nemesis: the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany party. – Washington Post In her decade in office, chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly won elections with the simple motto: trust me. But Sunday’s vote in her home region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has stretched that trust to breaking point. – Financial Times German and Latvian troops have begin a joint exercise in Latvia, not far from the Russian border, as part of a broad drive by NATO to shore up air defenses against a possible Russian attack. – Reuters Editorial: German voters have been unhappy with Angela Merkel’s refugee plans for almost a year, and on Sunday they sent the Chancellor an electoral warning she can’t easily ignore. The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, beat Mrs. Merkel’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for second place in legislative elections in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, the Chancellor’s home state. – Wall Street Journal In a speech that was at times personal, Ms. Merkel took responsibility for her party’s record-low showing in balloting in Berlin. She also acknowledged a role in the party’s humiliating third-place finish, behind the Social Democratic Party and a nationalist party, Alternative for Germany, two weeks ago in her home state, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. She pledged to work to regain voters’ trust. – New York Times
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Introduction to Eric Hoffer's Classic "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements".
FEMINISM: HOW WOMEN BETRAYED WOMEN
RESOLVING WORLD DISORDER
How Trump Leads on Foreign Policy
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EXAMPLE OF SUCCESS IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ACE VENTURA
PAUL RAHE: REALISM IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SPARTA
CONSCIENCE & TEMPORAL AUTHORITY
SHAKESPEARE
POSITIVE LAW vs. CONSCIENCE
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