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“Who Lost Turkey?”

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“Who Lost Turkey?” Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 5 August 2019 Here we go again, another phase of witch-hunting over “Who lost —-(fill in the blanks) country.” It was once who lost China in 1949, then Cuba in 1959, then Iran in 1979, and others. The latest iteration is now “Who lost Turkey?”  This question classically […]

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Trump—Blundering into European Truths

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Trump—Blundering into European Truths Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 5 June 2017 President Trump’s ignorant, oafish and crude foreign policy style rivets our attention, arouses our indignation. But the drama of the diplomatic mayhem he wreaks while traveling abroad also distracts from recognizing more serious underlying problems of US policy— deep negative trends that predate Trump. […]

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An inauguration—into what?

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Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller@aol.com) 20 January 2017 With the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States,  it’s hard to know where first to focus attention.  Rage and righteous indignation on all sides are mounting. There is more than enough blame to go around for how the US got itself into […]

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NATO versus the EU?

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NATO versus the EU? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 9 July 2016 The NATO summit is over. Most Americans unfailingly believe NATO generously serves EU interests.  Yet many Europeans don’t see it that way. They fear that NATO actually undermines a balanced Europe. Is it NATO with the EU? Or NATO versus the EU? The two […]

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NATO—America’s Misguided Instrument of Leadership

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NATO—America’s Misguided Instrument of Leadership Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 13 February 2016 On the world scene, America is a declining power. This decline is in part domestic and self-inflicted, reflecting a certain weariness and neglect of our social order. No amount of huffing and puffing from politicians will significantly change this decline.   But the decline […]

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