United States

Creating a Power Vacuum

The primary US goal… References and FootnotesIan Bremmer, "Obama Will Have to Rely on Ugly Allies to Fight Isis," The Exchange, Sept. 17, 2015. ↩ Henry Kissinger, "Henry Kissinger's Thoughts On The Islamic State, Ukraine And 'World Order,'" NPR, Sept. 6, 2014. ↩ Jonah Bennett, "Colin Powell Doesn’t Think That Military Power Can Take Down ISIS," Sept. 7, 2015. ↩Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower: In War and Peace, New York: Random House, 2012. ↩

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The Special Relationship

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Preventing the New Cold War

During the third 2012 Presidential debate, President Obama mocked… References and FootnotesJaime Fuller, "Was Mitt Romney Right about Russia (and Everything Else)? A Look Back at His Campaign Predictions," Washington Post, Mar. 20, 2014. ↩ Matthew Continetti, "How to Confront Vladimir Putin," National Review Online, Oct. 10, 2015. ↩ Graham Allison, "U.S.-Russia Relations: What Would Henry Kissinger Do?" The National Interest, Sept. 28, 2015. ↩Ibid. ↩Henry Kissinger, "A Path Out of the Middle East Collapse,” WSJ, Oct. 16, 2015. ↩Matthew Continetti, "How to Confront Vladimir Putin," National Review Online, Oct. 10, 2015. ↩Thomas Graham, "Russia's Syria Surprise (And What America Should Do about It)," The National Interest, Sept. 15, 2015. ↩