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From the Desk of George Friedman

The American Need to be Admired

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On a trip to France in 1976, I had a scholar of some repute explain to me how the Vietnam War, having cost Washington respect for both its brutality and defeat, signaled the end of U.S. global power. On a separate trip to Hungary, I had a Hungarian of no repute tell me that the Watergate […]

When You’re Wounded and Left on Afghanistan’s Plains

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I was shocked by what happened in Afghanistan in the past week or so. Not because I didn’t expect it – President Joe Biden...

Facing Reality: A New American Strategy

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The United States has been at war for almost the entire 21st century, and it’s only 2021. In contrast, the United States was at...

Russian Worries of Collapse

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“External threats … are understandable. When we are threatened, we understand who is threatening, what they are threatening , we know what they are...

Why America Loses Wars

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The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is moving to its inevitable conclusion. The Taliban, the radical Islamists the U.S. was fighting, are taking back control...

‘Is That All There Is?’

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There are times in our lives when we are tired – tired in an existential sense, a sense of having seen everything there is...

China and the Element of Surprise

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A war between China and the United States would be a war between peer powers. That’s not to say they are identical powers; all...

COVID and Cars

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We have moved into the true second phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous phases were merely passing bubbles. This one appears real. Until now,...

The Geopolitics of Heartbreak

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The U.S. military presence in Afghanistan is winding down, just as it had in Iraq and Vietnam. There are always those who believe wars...

Killer Facebook

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Social media began as an oddity growing out of another oddity, the internet. It has grown into a powerful global force, both instrumental in...

A Motherless Child

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A couple of nights ago, my wife and I discovered something startling about each other. While we were young children, we were both in...

Biden and Merkel to Meet

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U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are scheduled to meet Thursday in Washington, where they are expected to discuss issues such...
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