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The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable (Part 1)

The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable (Part 1)

By John C. Hulsman and A. Wess Mitchell

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Jan 04, 2022
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“The Don, rest in peace, was slippin.' Ten years ago would I have got to him?”

—Virgil ‘The Turk’ Sollozzo

The age of American global dominance is drawing to a rapid and definitive end. In the space of barely a decade, the United States has slipped from a position of seemingly inexhaustible national strength to one of breathtaking vulnerability. Crowning …

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