Ημέρα: 7 Μαρτίου 2026

Core takeaways  Precision weapons have given modern militaries extraordinary destructive power, but power without strategy does not produce victory. It produces longer wars—the soft underbelly that has repeatedly undermined American power from Vietnam through the Forever Wars. The War Is Already Widening The Escalation Trap The danger now is not immediate defeat. It is strategic entrapment. Each escalation step appears logical in isolation.  More strikes promise greater pressure.  Broader coalitions promise greater legitimacy.  Expanded target lists promise greater leverage. Taken together, however, these steps change the structure of the war. …

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War on Iran, Week 1: — energy/economic crisis  — regional instability — hotels with Americans attacked in UAE, Bahrain, Iraq — 20,000 flights ME cancelled, 1 million impacted  — 0il $91, up ~50% since 2/27 — ~1600 killed, most in Iran and including 7 other countries  —Regime escalating, not collapsing ¹https://x.com/i/status/2030282589647368564

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How did the United States rise from a fragile collection of colonies to the dominant power in the international system, and what does that history reveal about today’s great-power competition with China and Russia? In this conversation hosted by the University of Chicago Graham School, Prof. John J. Mearsheimer – one of the world’s leading scholars of international relations theory and author of The Tragedy of Great Power Politics – examines 250 years of American foreign policy.  Beginning with the founding, he contrasts the United States’ liberal language of natural rights with…

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Prof John Mearsheimer² argues that U.S. objectives in Iran—ending nuclear enrichment, stopping ballistic missile development, and halting support for groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis—cannot be achieved without regime change. They say true success would require: Removing the current Iranian leadership.Installing a new regime aligned with U.S. and Israeli interests. However, they contend there is no coherent strategy to accomplish this.  They cite President Trump’s remarks suggesting that many potential replacement leaders are dead and that even if regime change succeeds, a new leadership could be just as hostile…

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