by zen | Oct 27, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a “zen”] Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice by John Nagl If General David Petraeus was the Pope of the COINdinistas, Lt. Col. John Nagl was at least the Archbishop of Canterbury. Few men alive were...
by David Rothkopf | Oct 24, 2014 | Monitor
The retiring deputy secretary of state sounds off on Putin’s strategic weakness, the neglected continent to the south, and the state of American power.
by Lally Weymouth | Sep 29, 2014 | Monitor
Panama’s new president, Juan Carlos Varela, sits down with Foreign Policy to talk crime, immigration, and reestablishing the rule of law in Washington’s Central American ally.
by David Rothkopf | Jul 22, 2014 | Monitor
A conversation with Zbigniew Brzezinski on today’s worldwide turmoil, overstating Iran’s near-term nuclear threat, and why a return to global order may rest on the relationship between the United States and China.
by Charles Cameron | Apr 15, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — in mental preparation for tonight’s lunar eclipse, together with some quick eschatology, plenty of blood, and an Incan jaguar ] . The upper panel, above, shows a detail of Hieronymus Bosch‘s Ghent representation of Christ...