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Conrad Black: Revisiting America’s Regrettable Strategic Errors in Foreign Policy

Conrad Black: Revisiting America’s Regrettable Strategic Errors in Foreign Policy
Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and first lady Rosalyn Carter react to wafting tear gas as pro- and counter-shah demonstrators clash with police outside of the White House during a ceremony in Washington on Nov. 15, 1977. AP Photo/File
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One of the important perspectives that is generally lacking in evaluating contemporary foreign policy crises is an adequate appreciation of the origins of these problems. There is general agreement that the wars in Ukraine and on the borders of Israel, and the tensions in the far Pacific, all meet the criteria of potential Great Power confrontations that must be approached and managed with care and prudence, as well as the severe humanitarian problems of any use of sophisticated weapons in and around civilian populations.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
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