The Weekly: Anatomy of a Breakdown
This week lays bare the consequences of improvised and personality-driven statecraft: The loss of coherence and credibility. As expertise is sidelined, and negotiation gives way to coercion and spectacle, foreign policy becomes less predictable and more prone to miscalculation.
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“The Steady State, an organization of retired national security officials dedicated to opposing Trump, hailed Orbán’s defeat as “signal event” that could serve as a template for the US. Orbán is not only an autocrat whose loss demonstrates the resilience of democratic opposition; he is also directly relevant here,” said Steven Cash, the group’s executive director.”
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