Paul Poast explores the effectiveness of municipal action on global affairs in the wake of recent city resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
"Time and again, European nations have tried to forge a unified military identity, and time and again they have failed," Paul Poast writes.
"The US looks like a lonely hegemon, due to the actions of an ally that it is unable to reel in but unwilling to cut off," Paul Poast writes.
"Even using the most optimistic evidence from existing research, alliances are still found to fail a quarter of the time," Paul Poast writes.
"It is no surprise that Zelenskyy is trying all he can to change the war’s dynamics and avoid this outcome," Paul Poast writes.
Would the United States and the world be better off if Washington sat some things out? Paul Poast weighs in.
"The Biden administration’s approach to foreign policy is realpolitik from top to bottom," Paul Poast writes.
Paul Poast explores how a changing international system is placing new limits on American power.
"Conflicts involving nonstate actors are a key reason that the world is presently witnessing a level of conflict not seen in 80 years," Paul Poast writes.
American universities generate soft power for the United States, Paul Poast writes.
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