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Drew's avatar

Outstanding. Now, how do we get out of this mess? How far is Europe going to be willing to go, even with solid and unyielding backup from the US?

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Ben Connelly's avatar

This might be the best essay of yours that I’ve read yet. Although, I confess you made me feel less hopeful about Ukraine than I did before reading it. As a complete novice to the world of IR, my natural inclination is towards primacy. I think you hit the nail on the head with the failures of each successive administration. As this crisis unfolds, I’d be interested in your thoughts on how it might affect American attitudes towards hegemony and how that might affect the goal of expanding our Navy to the size it actually needs to be (500 ships or 450 or 355).

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Scott English's avatar

Outstanding commentary on how we got from there to here. Great work as always!

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RickT's avatar

One of your best essays IMO.

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Ben Connelly's avatar

I was thinking the same thing.

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