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The American House of Cards

US policy in Afghanistan was based on lies, ignorance, and irrational thinking. Many other aspects of American foreign policy, still doggedly pursued, look dangerously similar. For 30 years, US policy has amounted to the construction of a huge house of cards in all directions. Now that one card has fallen, the rest will inevitably follow.ย ย 

Russia, China, and the Prospect of US Military Bases in Central Asia

Following the withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, Washington is allegedly tryingย to reestablish a military presence in Central Asia,ย similar to what it did in the early 2000s. Though some level of cooperation is possible with Russia within the framework of great power relations (and much still depends on Moscowโ€™s goodwill), Chinaย opposes any Americanย military or security expansion near its restive Xinjiang province.

The American Colossus May Crumble

The US is noย longerย the country that recovered from the Pearl Harbor disaster and won WWII,ย or that both morally and economically sustained itself throughout its prolonged ideological conflict with the Soviet Union. The people of the once great country are confused and disoriented. Once Americaโ€™s feet of clay crumble, the colossus will never rise again.ย 

Iranโ€™s Threat to Iraq Is a Threat to the US

The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently releasedย its annual threat assessment, in which Iran is mentioned no fewer than 60 times as part of a โ€œdiverse array of threatsโ€ facing the US. Iran is moving toward its goal of full domination of Iraq and the expulsion of the last remaining US forces from that country, a result that would represent a great success for the Islamic Republic.

China: A Necessary Rival to the US

Ever since Americaโ€™s rivalry with the Soviets came to an end in the 1990s, the US has struggled to determine what its global position should be. It could be that a rival isย necessary for the US to clarify its goals and revitalize its stagnating position on the world stage. China could play the role of necessary rival.

A 3-Pillar Strategy to Deflate China

The West is facing an increasing challenge from China. There are several ways to meet that challenge: expanding, restoring, and deepening relations across different regions of the world; taking a revolutionary approach toward Russia; and, most drastically, acting like the Chinese.

Ideology Is Losing. China Is Winning

The clash with China is upon us and the US is losing. It is not losing technologically, or at least not yet. It is losing ideologically. China is winning not because it has a more appealing ideology than the US but because it has none.

The Two Faces of American Foreign Policy

The ongoing crisis in American culture has brought two seemingly unrelated trends to the forefront: advocacy of technocratic expertise aimed at solving global issues, and condemnation of Americaโ€™s allegedly irredeemable racism. American diplomacy exemplifies these trends through the figures of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Both trends are founded in Puritanical moralism, according to which salvation is difficult if not impossible and โ€œcrisisโ€ is a tool for accumulating power.

The Europeanized USA

America is undergoing a rapid transformation founded in a moral panic over race that masks the exercise of class-based power in which technology companies and left-wing politics have united to wield unprecedented control. The outcome will likely be a union of Europeanized states where freedoms are severely curtailed and social cohesion is minimized in favor of dependency.

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