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George Kennan
April 23, 2020
Is H. R. McMaster the New Mr. X?
By Francis P. Sempa
Comparing McMaster’s China prescriptions to George Kennan’s famous containment strategy.
June 29, 2019
The Case for Containing China
By Francis P. Sempa
China, like the Soviet Union before it, is a peer competitor of the United States but it is not invincible.
August 12, 2017
Why North Korea's Brinkmanship Will Never Stop
By Dmitriy Nurullayev
Playing up the idea of conflict with the United States is a key survival tactic for the Kim regime.
January 28, 2016
Needed: A Long Telegram from Beijing
By Francis P. Sempa
Washington could do worse than reflect on the wisdom, profundity, and erudition of George Kennan’s Long Telegram.
April 15, 2015
George Kennan’s Geopolitics of the Far East
By Francis P. Sempa
A worldview based on "unsentimental calculations of the balance of power" and an understanding of human nature.
March 17, 2015
Can George Kennan Guide 21st Century US National Security Strategy?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A new report by a Washington-based think tank argues that the US should heed the advice of the father of containment.
February 13, 2014
How Much Do Strategic Thinkers Affect US Policy Anyway?
By Robert Farley
Foreign policy sometimes reflects what strategic thinkers recommend, but that might be coincidence.
February 10, 2014
Stephen Walt is Not Obama’s George Kennan
By Zachary Keck
Commonsense and U.S. precedent are the architects of Obama’s Middle East foreign policy.
July 03, 2013
The Golden Age of American Grand Strategy
From 1789-1898, America became a regional hegemon through Manifest Destiny and the Monroe Doctrine.
December 22, 2010
China’s UnSexy Watchword
Trying to capture what US China policy should be in a single word is a waste of time, says Jim Arkedis.
December 22, 2010
China’s UnSexy Watchword
Trying to capture what US China policy should be in a single word is a waste of time, says Jim Arkedis.
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