Summary: Here are two examples of American geopolitical analysis. Both deserve attention, illustrating the two modes of American thinking about our role in the world. “Afghanistan: Why the Taliban are Winning“, Stratfor, 1 September 2010 — Careful, well-supported, logical. “Staying Power – The U.S. Mission in Afghanistan Beyond 2011“, Michael O’Hanlon, Foreign Affairs, September/October 2010 — …
More exhortations to continue the course in “Losing the War of Exhaustion” by Mark T. Kimmitt (Brigadier General, US Army, retired), Foreign Policy, 21 September 2009 — “It’s not low troop levels that stand to defeat the United States in Afghanistan. It’s plain old public fatigue.” Hat tip to Bernard Finel, who has some interesting comments …
Amidst the thousands of webposts about geopolitics, three stand out as the best ever IMO.  Here are the winners; excerpts follow below. “The Green Lantern Theory of Geopolitics“, Matthew Yglesias, 10 June 2006 “If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride — A Pony!“, John & Belle Have a Blog, 6 March 2004 “The Priest-Avatar of the …
