- Paul Miller: American power and liberal order
Barry Lowenkron and Mitchell Reiss write: The good news is that American leadership is still prized by many of our friends and allies around the world; the better news is that they want more, not less, of it. Pragmatic primacy is not a miracle cure, but provides the best chance to reestablish America’s purpose in a complex world. – The National Interest
Ulrich Speck writes: The year 1989 was a watershed moment for the realization of an optimistic vision that had been incubating since the end of World War II, the expansion of a system that would take the civilizational gains made by liberal democracy on the level of the nation state in the West to a global level….Since 1989, the world has made significant progress on that road, but this progress is now seriously in question. It is high time for those who truly care about the liberal order to stand up and be counted. – The American Interest
- General John Allen tells US to prepare for decades of war