Monthly Archives: February 2009

Kennan Most Relevant To War on Terror

I knew I was on to something and now I have found a bit of a help. This piece from the NYTimes. READ THE WHOLE THING HERE Writing 50 years after George Kennan’s famous containment missive, Nicholas Thompson says that … Continue reading

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Kennan Containment > Obama Foreign Policy 3

Continuing a series of posts based on the famous missive that helped define the United States position in the world following the Second World War. I am taking relevant sections of George Kennan’s “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” (1947) and … Continue reading

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Obama Gearing Up for A fight

Get ready. We are about to take on banks for real, insurance companies for real and the energy industry for real. If you thought the campaign was a struggle, do not even apply. This is long-term and real and each … Continue reading

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Kennan Containment > Obama Foreign Policy — 2

Continuing a series of posts based on the famous missive that helped define the United States position in the world following the Second World War. I am taking relevant sections of George Kennan’s “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” (1947) and … Continue reading

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Is Pakistan Imploding?

IT LOOKS THAT WAY MORE AND MORE I am not certain that immersion in all things Pakistan is the solution. More and more I believe that we need to identify danger zones as zones we need to disengage from in … Continue reading

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