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Thomas Barnett Archive

  • Preparing for Defeat in Afghanistan

    Preparing for Defeat in Afghanistan

    Things aren’t looking pretty in Afghanistan. The Taliban are getting stronger, winning support as Hamid Karzai’s government in Kabul remains ineffective...
  • Why Turkey Pretends to be Outraged

    Why Turkey Pretends to be Outraged

    Immediately after the Israeli Navy intercepted six vessels attempting to circumvent its blockade of the Gaza Strip on Monday and killed...
  • Do We Have a Deal?

    Do We Have a Deal?

    As Brazil and Turkey reached a nuclear fuel exchange agreement with Iran on Sunday night, the most important lesson to the...
  • The Rise of State Capitalism

    The Rise of State Capitalism

    Ian Bremmer, author of The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War between States and Corporations (2010) appeared on...
  • Don’t Count Out Free Markets Just Yet

    Don’t Count Out Free Markets Just Yet

    As capitalism seems to come under persecution worldwide it is good to remember both the monumental accomplishments of free markets and...
  • Internationalizing Afghanistan

    Internationalizing Afghanistan

    There was some troubling news coming out of Kabul last week. Afghan President Hamid Karzai not only invited his Iranian counterpart...
  • US Must Be Consistent Toward China

    US Must Be Consistent Toward China

    After the Obama Administration announced that it would pursue a policy of “strategic reassurance” toward China last year, recent months saw...
  • The Impossible Afghan State

    The Impossible Afghan State

    When we asked here earlier this month whether the Western Coalition can win in Afghanistan, the findings were ambivalent at best:...
  • The End of American Ascendancy

    The End of American Ascendancy

    After two decades of almost uncontested American hegemony, the sole superpower of our age is in decline. Or so we are...