Between Brussels and Jerusalem
In defining our national security too broadly, we reveal a contempt for the nation-state.
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What hit me as I leafed through Biden’s Interim National Security Strategic Guidance, released last month, was a familiar sense of dismay. The document was overflowing with unrelated concepts shoe-horned into the broad framework of "national security." Here's a taste:
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