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🛡️ Us Defense Policy

Analyses of how the United States formulates its military strategy and national security priorities, examining the institutions, ideologies, and geopolitical pressures that shape American defense.
Age of Danger
by Andrew R. Hoehn • 2023
Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.
3.81
70
🌍 Great Power Competition🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia🎯 Threat Assessment
Age of Danger Summary
Age of Danger 92%
Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.
by Andrew R. Hoehn 2023
3.81
70 ratings
🌍 Great Power Competition🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia🎯 Threat Assessment
The Hell of Good Intentions
by Stephen M. Walt • 2018
After the Cold War, America tried to lead the world. It overreached, failed, and learned nothing.
4.01
735
🗺️ Grand Strategy🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy⚔️ Military Overreach
The Hell of Good Intentions Summary
The Hell of Good Intentions 90%
After the Cold War, America tried to lead the world. It overreached, failed, and learned nothing.
by Stephen M. Walt 2018
4.01
735 ratings
🗺️ Grand Strategy🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy⚔️ Military Overreach
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
by Rosa Brooks • 2016
War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.
3.93
2k+
🪖 Military Policy⚖️ Laws Of War⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything Summary
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything 90%
War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.
by Rosa Brooks 2016
3.93
2k+ ratings
🪖 Military Policy⚖️ Laws Of War⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare
The Technological Republic
by Alexander C. Karp • 2025
The West won the digital revolution, then stopped building weapons. Now software is the battlefield.
3.54
4k+
🛡️ Defense Technology💻 Tech Industry Critique🏛️ State-Tech Partnership
The Technological Republic Summary
The Technological Republic 90%
The West won the digital revolution, then stopped building weapons. Now software is the battlefield.
by Alexander C. Karp 2025
3.54
4k+ ratings
🛡️ Defense Technology💻 Tech Industry Critique🏛️ State-Tech Partnership
Drift
by Rachel Maddow • 2012
No grand conspiracy drove America to endless war. A series of small, reversible decisions did.
4.07
21k+
🏭 Military-Industrial Complex🏛️ Executive Overreach🎖️ Civilian-Military Divide
Drift Summary
Drift 90%
No grand conspiracy drove America to endless war. A series of small, reversible decisions did.
by Rachel Maddow 2012
4.07
21k+ ratings
🏭 Military-Industrial Complex🏛️ Executive Overreach🎖️ Civilian-Military Divide
A New Foreign Policy
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2018
The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.
3.88
337
🦅 American Exceptionalism🏛️ Us Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolarity
A New Foreign Policy Summary
A New Foreign Policy 90%
The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018
3.88
337 ratings
🦅 American Exceptionalism🏛️ Us Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolarity
Cobra II
by Michael R. Gordon • 2006
How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.
3.97
2k+
🏜️ Iraq War🛡️ Defense Policy🌐 Us Foreign Policy
Cobra II Summary
Cobra II 90%
How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.
by Michael R. Gordon 2006
3.97
2k+ ratings
🏜️ Iraq War🛡️ Defense Policy🌐 Us Foreign Policy
Nemesis
by Chalmers Johnson • 2007
Empire and democracy cannot coexist. America chose empire; the bill is coming due.
4.07
968
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy⚙️ Military-Industrial Complex🕵️ Covert Operations
Nemesis Summary
Nemesis 90%
Empire and democracy cannot coexist. America chose empire; the bill is coming due.
by Chalmers Johnson 2007
4.07
968 ratings
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy⚙️ Military-Industrial Complex🕵️ Covert Operations
Operation Hollywood
by David L. Robb • 2004
The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.
3.46
72
🚫 Military Censorship📢 Propaganda Studies🏛️ Pentagon Influence
Operation Hollywood Summary
Operation Hollywood 90%
The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.
by David L. Robb 2004
3.46
72 ratings
🚫 Military Censorship📢 Propaganda Studies🏛️ Pentagon Influence
The Jungle Grows Back
by Robert Kagan • 2018
The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.
4.09
1k+
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Liberal Internationalism🕊️ Pax Americana
The Jungle Grows Back Summary
The Jungle Grows Back 89%
The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.
by Robert Kagan 2018
4.09
1k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Liberal Internationalism🕊️ Pax Americana
The Imagineers of War
by Sharon Weinberger • 2017
DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.
3.69
565
🛰️ Cold War Science🔬 Defense Research🏛️ Institutional History
The Imagineers of War Summary
The Imagineers of War 89%
DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.
by Sharon Weinberger 2017
3.69
565 ratings
🛰️ Cold War Science🔬 Defense Research🏛️ Institutional History
War on Peace
by Ronan Farrow • 2018
Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.
4.14
9k+
📜 Us Foreign Policy🕊️ American Diplomacy🛡️ National Security State
War on Peace Summary
War on Peace 89%
Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.
by Ronan Farrow 2018
4.14
9k+ ratings
📜 Us Foreign Policy🕊️ American Diplomacy🛡️ National Security State
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer • 2006
How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.
4.12
4k+
🌍 Foreign Policy🤝 Political Lobbying⚔️ Middle East Conflict
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 89%
How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.
by John J. Mearsheimer 2006
4.12
4k+ ratings
🌍 Foreign Policy🤝 Political Lobbying⚔️ Middle East Conflict
Kill Chain
by Andrew Cockburn • 2015
Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.
3.82
804
🛸 Drone Warfare🎯 Targeted Killings🏭 Military-Industrial Complex
Kill Chain Summary
Kill Chain 89%
Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.
by Andrew Cockburn 2015
3.82
804 ratings
🛸 Drone Warfare🎯 Targeted Killings🏭 Military-Industrial Complex
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
by Walter Russell Mead • 2004
America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.
3.67
108
🗽 American Foreign Policy🧭 Grand Strategy💡 Soft Power
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War 89%
America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.
by Walter Russell Mead 2004
3.67
108 ratings
🗽 American Foreign Policy🧭 Grand Strategy💡 Soft Power
The Defense
by Steve Cavanagh • 2016
When bureaucratic defense fails, a classroom experiment brings startup speed to national security.
4.01
54k+
🔧 Lean Methodology🛡️ Defense Innovation🏛️ Government Bureaucracy
The Defense Summary
The Defense 89%
When bureaucratic defense fails, a classroom experiment brings startup speed to national security.
by Steve Cavanagh 2016
4.01
54k+ ratings
🔧 Lean Methodology🛡️ Defense Innovation🏛️ Government Bureaucracy
If Russia Wins
by Carlo Masala • 2025
Ukraine falls, then Russia probes NATO's border. The alliance cracks, and Article 5 goes unused.
3.94
4k+
🗺️ Geopolitics🛡️ European Defense📋 Scenario Analysis
If Russia Wins Summary
If Russia Wins 89%
Ukraine falls, then Russia probes NATO's border. The alliance cracks, and Article 5 goes unused.
by Carlo Masala 2025
3.94
4k+ ratings
🗺️ Geopolitics🛡️ European Defense📋 Scenario Analysis
In My Time
by Dick Cheney • 2011
From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.
3.79
3k+
🐘 American Conservatism🏛️ White House Insider🌍 Gulf War
In My Time Summary
In My Time 89%
From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.
by Dick Cheney 2011
3.79
3k+ ratings
🐘 American Conservatism🏛️ White House Insider🌍 Gulf War
Nuclear War
by Annie Jacobsen • 2024
North Korea fires a missile. Civilization ends in 72 minutes. Exactly how, protocol by protocol.
4.36
53k+
🚀 Nuclear Deterrence📋 Nuclear Policy🏃 Arms Race
Nuclear War Summary
Nuclear War 89%
North Korea fires a missile. Civilization ends in 72 minutes. Exactly how, protocol by protocol.
by Annie Jacobsen 2024
4.36
53k+ ratings
🚀 Nuclear Deterrence📋 Nuclear Policy🏃 Arms Race
The Unquiet Frontier
by Jakub J. Grygiel • 2016
Abandoning allies does not bring safety; it invites tests that slowly unravel American power.
4.01
87
🗺️ Grand Strategy🤝 Alliance Politics☢️ Deterrence Theory
The Unquiet Frontier Summary
The Unquiet Frontier 89%
Abandoning allies does not bring safety; it invites tests that slowly unravel American power.
by Jakub J. Grygiel 2016
4.01
87 ratings
🗺️ Grand Strategy🤝 Alliance Politics☢️ Deterrence Theory
Enough Already
by Scott Horton • 2021
9/11 was a trap, and the War on Terror was the overreaction al Qaeda had counted on.
4.61
699
🧨 Blowback🏛️ Us Interventionism💣 War On Terror
Enough Already Summary
Enough Already 89%
9/11 was a trap, and the War on Terror was the overreaction al Qaeda had counted on.
by Scott Horton 2021
4.61
699 ratings
🧨 Blowback🏛️ Us Interventionism💣 War On Terror
The Strategy of Denial
by Elbridge A. Colby • 2021
China's plan: seize Taiwan before anyone can stop them. The defense: make the grab fail.
3.79
660
🏛️ Military Strategy🌏 Us China Rivalry🇹🇼 Taiwan Strait
The Strategy of Denial Summary
The Strategy of Denial 89%
China's plan: seize Taiwan before anyone can stop them. The defense: make the grab fail.
by Elbridge A. Colby 2021
3.79
660 ratings
🏛️ Military Strategy🌏 Us China Rivalry🇹🇼 Taiwan Strait
The Way of the Knife
by Mark Mazzetti • 2013
After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.
3.85
4k+
📡 Intelligence Agencies🛸 Drone Warfare🕵️ Covert Operations
The Way of the Knife Summary
The Way of the Knife 89%
After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.
by Mark Mazzetti 2013
3.85
4k+ ratings
📡 Intelligence Agencies🛸 Drone Warfare🕵️ Covert Operations
Crouching Tiger
by Peter Navarro • 2015
China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.
4.04
219
🌏 Us-China Relations🇨🇳 Chinese Military🏯 Asian Geopolitics
Crouching Tiger Summary
Crouching Tiger 89%
China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.
by Peter Navarro 2015
4.04
219 ratings
🌏 Us-China Relations🇨🇳 Chinese Military🏯 Asian Geopolitics
The Situation Room
by George Stephanopoulos • 2024
Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.
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11k+
🏛️ Presidential History🏠 White House History⚡ Crisis Decision Making
The Situation Room Summary
The Situation Room 89%
Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.
by George Stephanopoulos 2024
4.33
11k+ ratings
🏛️ Presidential History🏠 White House History⚡ Crisis Decision Making
The Next 100 Years
by George Friedman • 2008
America doesn't need to win wars, just prevent rivals from rising. The next battlefield is orbital.
3.67
11k+
🌍 Geopolitical Forecasting♟️ Grand Strategy📉 Demographic Collapse
The Next 100 Years Summary
The Next 100 Years 89%
America doesn't need to win wars, just prevent rivals from rising. The next battlefield is orbital.
by George Friedman 2008
3.67
11k+ ratings
🌍 Geopolitical Forecasting♟️ Grand Strategy📉 Demographic Collapse
The Godfather Doctrine
by Dr John C. Hulsman • 2009
America's unipolar era is over. A Godfather parable shows why realism outlasts its rivals.
3.85
80
🌍 Political Realism🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolar World
The Godfather Doctrine Summary
The Godfather Doctrine 89%
America's unipolar era is over. A Godfather parable shows why realism outlasts its rivals.
by Dr John C. Hulsman 2009
3.85
80 ratings
🌍 Political Realism🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolar World
Never Give an Inch
by Mike Pompeo • 2022
Refusing to pay, apologize, or sign weak agreements: inside Trump’s nationalist foreign policy.
4.31
2k+
🇺🇸 America First🇨🇳 Us China Rivalry🏛️ Cabinet Memoirs
Never Give an Inch Summary
Never Give an Inch 89%
Refusing to pay, apologize, or sign weak agreements: inside Trump’s nationalist foreign policy.
by Mike Pompeo 2022
4.31
2k+ ratings
🇺🇸 America First🇨🇳 Us China Rivalry🏛️ Cabinet Memoirs
National Security Cinema
by Matthew Alford • 2017
The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.
3.81
113
📢 Propaganda Studies🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex📺 Media Manipulation
National Security Cinema Summary
National Security Cinema 89%
The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.
by Matthew Alford 2017
3.81
113 ratings
📢 Propaganda Studies🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex📺 Media Manipulation
Colossus
by Niall Ferguson • 2004
America has always been an empire. Refusing to admit it is the root of its failures.
3.58
2k+
🇺🇸 American Hegemony🏛️ Comparative Empires🏗️ Nation-Building
Colossus Summary
Colossus 89%
America has always been an empire. Refusing to admit it is the root of its failures.
by Niall Ferguson 2004
3.58
2k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Hegemony🏛️ Comparative Empires🏗️ Nation-Building
Rogue State
by William Blum • 2000
The world's leading democracy has overthrown forty governments since 1945, calling it freedom.
3.97
926
🏛️ U.S. Foreign Policy🦅 American Imperialism🕵️ Covert Operations
Rogue State Summary
Rogue State 89%
The world's leading democracy has overthrown forty governments since 1945, calling it freedom.
by William Blum 2000
3.97
926 ratings
🏛️ U.S. Foreign Policy🦅 American Imperialism🕵️ Covert Operations
Blowback
by Chalmers Johnson • 2000
Covert empire: why policies hidden from the American public keep producing violent retaliation.
4.06
3k+
🏛️ Foreign Policy🇺🇸 American Empire🕵️ Covert Operations
Blowback Summary
Blowback 89%
Covert empire: why policies hidden from the American public keep producing violent retaliation.
by Chalmers Johnson 2000
4.06
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Foreign Policy🇺🇸 American Empire🕵️ Covert Operations
The Palestine Laboratory
by Antony Loewenstein • 2023
Palestine is a live testing ground. The weapons perfected there now police the world.
4.43
3k+
🏭 Defense Industry📡 Surveillance State🧱 Border Militarization
The Palestine Laboratory Summary
The Palestine Laboratory 88%
Palestine is a live testing ground. The weapons perfected there now police the world.
by Antony Loewenstein 2023
4.43
3k+ ratings
🏭 Defense Industry📡 Surveillance State🧱 Border Militarization
The Next Decade
by George Friedman • 2011
America stumbled into empire. Holding it requires a playbook its founders would have despised.
3.84
2k+
🗺️ Grand Strategy🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🔮 Geopolitical Forecasting
The Next Decade Summary
The Next Decade 88%
America stumbled into empire. Holding it requires a playbook its founders would have despised.
by George Friedman 2011
3.84
2k+ ratings
🗺️ Grand Strategy🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🔮 Geopolitical Forecasting
The Melting Point
by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. • 2024
The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.
4.30
175
🎖️ Military Command🎯 Counterterrorism Operations🏛️ Civil-Military Relations
The Melting Point Summary
The Melting Point 88%
The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.
by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. 2024
4.30
175 ratings
🎖️ Military Command🎯 Counterterrorism Operations🏛️ Civil-Military Relations
The Accidental Admiral
by James G. Stavridis • 2014
What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.
4.00
248
📖 Military Memoir🎖️ Military Leadership🤝 Alliance Politics
The Accidental Admiral Summary
The Accidental Admiral 88%
What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.
by James G. Stavridis 2014
4.00
248 ratings
📖 Military Memoir🎖️ Military Leadership🤝 Alliance Politics
The New Rules of War
by Sean McFate • 2019
An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.
3.96
2k+
🎖️ Military Strategy⚔️ Modern Warfare⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare
The New Rules of War Summary
The New Rules of War 88%
An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.
by Sean McFate 2019
3.96
2k+ ratings
🎖️ Military Strategy⚔️ Modern Warfare⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare
Fiasco
by Thomas E. Ricks • 2006
A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.
4.09
8k+
🇮🇶 Iraq War🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🪖 Counterinsurgency
Fiasco Summary
Fiasco 88%
A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.
by Thomas E. Ricks 2006
4.09
8k+ ratings
🇮🇶 Iraq War🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🪖 Counterinsurgency
The Room Where It Happened
by John Bolton • 2020
Loyalty got you the job, but bureaucratic warfare kept the White House from doing its job.
3.17
15k+
🏛️ Trump Presidency📖 White House Memoirs🌐 American Foreign Policy
The Room Where It Happened Summary
The Room Where It Happened 88%
Loyalty got you the job, but bureaucratic warfare kept the White House from doing its job.
by John Bolton 2020
3.17
15k+ ratings
🏛️ Trump Presidency📖 White House Memoirs🌐 American Foreign Policy
The Afghanistan Papers
by Craig Whitlock • 2021
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
4.25
7k+
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy
The Afghanistan Papers Summary
The Afghanistan Papers 88%
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
by Craig Whitlock 2021
4.25
7k+ ratings
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy
The Future of Violence
by Benjamin Wittes • 2014
The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.
3.42
318
🔒 Cybersecurity🛡️ National Security💻 Technology Policy
The Future of Violence Summary
The Future of Violence 88%
The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.
by Benjamin Wittes 2014
3.42
318 ratings
🔒 Cybersecurity🛡️ National Security💻 Technology Policy
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer • 2001
Why great powers cannot stop seeking dominance: anarchy rewards aggression and punishes restraint.
4.06
4k+
🏛️ International Relations⚔️ Offensive Realism🗺️ Geopolitics
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Summary
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics 88%
Why great powers cannot stop seeking dominance: anarchy rewards aggression and punishes restraint.
by John J. Mearsheimer 2001
4.06
4k+ ratings
🏛️ International Relations⚔️ Offensive Realism🗺️ Geopolitics
Don't Wait for the Next War
by Wesley K. Clark • 2014
A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.
3.67
93
🧭 Grand Strategy🛢️ Energy Geopolitics💼 Economic Statecraft
Don't Wait for the Next War Summary
Don't Wait for the Next War 88%
A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.
by Wesley K. Clark 2014
3.67
93 ratings
🧭 Grand Strategy🛢️ Energy Geopolitics💼 Economic Statecraft
Why Leaders Lie
by John J. Mearsheimer • 2010
Leaders don't often lie to foreign enemies. Their most dangerous deceptions target their own public.
3.47
882
🌍 Foreign Policy📜 Realist Theory🗣️ Political Deception
Why Leaders Lie Summary
Why Leaders Lie 88%
Leaders don't often lie to foreign enemies. Their most dangerous deceptions target their own public.
by John J. Mearsheimer 2010
3.47
882 ratings
🌍 Foreign Policy📜 Realist Theory🗣️ Political Deception
The Fifth Risk
by Michael Lewis • 2018
Why a $40,000 health clinic in rural America reveals a government most Americans never see.
4.09
48k+
🔬 Science Policy🇺🇸 Trump Administration📊 Open Data
The Fifth Risk Summary
The Fifth Risk 88%
Why a $40,000 health clinic in rural America reveals a government most Americans never see.
by Michael Lewis 2018
4.09
48k+ ratings
🔬 Science Policy🇺🇸 Trump Administration📊 Open Data
Strategic Vision
by Zbigniew Brzeziński • 2012
America's decline won't produce a Chinese century. It will produce a global free-for-all.
3.80
1k+
🦅 Us Foreign Policy🗺️ Grand Strategy📉 American Decline
Strategic Vision Summary
Strategic Vision 88%
America's decline won't produce a Chinese century. It will produce a global free-for-all.
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 2012
3.80
1k+ ratings
🦅 Us Foreign Policy🗺️ Grand Strategy📉 American Decline
The Envoy
by Zalmay Khalilzad • 2016
An Afghan immigrant becomes America's envoy in the Muslim world, finding a crisis wars cannot solve.
3.64
163
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌍 Middle East Politics📜 Diplomatic Memoir
The Envoy Summary
The Envoy 88%
An Afghan immigrant becomes America's envoy in the Muslim world, finding a crisis wars cannot solve.
by Zalmay Khalilzad 2016
3.64
163 ratings
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌍 Middle East Politics📜 Diplomatic Memoir
World on the Brink
by Dmitri Alperovitch • 2024
The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.
4.20
832
🇨🇳 Us-China Relations♟️ Great Power Competition💵 Economic Statecraft
World on the Brink Summary
World on the Brink 88%
The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.
by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024
4.20
832 ratings
🇨🇳 Us-China Relations♟️ Great Power Competition💵 Economic Statecraft
A More Perfect Constitution
by Larry J. Sabato • 2007
Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.
3.66
335
🏛️ Constitutional Reform🗳️ Electoral Reform⚖️ Judicial Reform
A More Perfect Constitution Summary
A More Perfect Constitution 88%
Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.
by Larry J. Sabato 2007
3.66
335 ratings
🏛️ Constitutional Reform🗳️ Electoral Reform⚖️ Judicial Reform
Soft Power
by Joseph S. Nye Jr. • 2004
Attraction is the neglected half of power. Ignoring it costs any superpower blood and credibility.
3.81
2k+
🌍 International Relations🧲 Soft Power🗣️ Public Diplomacy
Soft Power Summary
Soft Power 88%
Attraction is the neglected half of power. Ignoring it costs any superpower blood and credibility.
by Joseph S. Nye Jr. 2004
3.81
2k+ ratings
🌍 International Relations🧲 Soft Power🗣️ Public Diplomacy
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