Strategic Paradigms by Ehsan Ahrari

I am reading the current issue of Foreign Policy (FP). The entire issue is labeled a “war issue.” (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issues/current). Two features of the essays covered therein immediately struck me as a major source of concern.

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