For 20 years now the United States seems to have been caught in a state of strategic inertia, with the regnant ideology of globalization and open-ended small wars having all but overpowered our ability to redefine our national security priorities. It’s as though victory in the Cold War—and the subsequent commingling of the heady liberal internationalism of the first post-Cold War decade with the nation’s justifiable quest for retribution after 9/11—has stunted our capacity for strategic thought. For two decades now the United States has been bleeding military power in secondary theaters, while China and Russia have continued to develop …read more
Source: The American Interest
