War Has Become Pointless
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/06/war-iran-ukraine-israel-united-states-russia-pointless/
Military conflict has always existed. It’s just stopped making sense.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/06/war-iran-ukraine-israel-united-states-russia-pointless/
Military conflict has always existed. It’s just stopped making sense.
The Strong Suffer What They Must
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-russia-discredited-by-smaller-powers-by-harold-james-2026-07
Foolish military interventions driven by outdated calculations of economic power have thoroughly discredited the old big powers. Thucydides might well have appreciated the irony of a world in which smaller, weaker countries like Ukraine and Iran can expose Russia and the United States, respectively, as paper tigers.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-russia-discredited-by-smaller-powers-by-harold-james-2026-07
Foolish military interventions driven by outdated calculations of economic power have thoroughly discredited the old big powers. Thucydides might well have appreciated the irony of a world in which smaller, weaker countries like Ukraine and Iran can expose Russia and the United States, respectively, as paper tigers.