Assholes are challenging American dominance

America’s military power is unmatched, but it is hindered by pork-barrel politics and automatic cuts mandated by Congress

The Economist

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Barack Obama has ceded Russia the initiative in the Middle East for the first time since the 1970s. American warships cannot sail freely where they used to. What is going on?

The new game: American dominance is being challenged

A continent separates the blood-soaked battlefields of Syria from the reefs and shoals that litter the South China Sea. In their different ways, however, both…

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