The Doctrine of American Unexceptionalism

Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in June 2019. (Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images)
The Biden administration believes that soft power is smart and hard power is dumb. Our allies are paying the price.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin was supposed to have used his Victory Day speech yesterday to reveal his intentions regarding the Ukraine war. Russia watchers expected him to define his aims, signaling a prolonged conflict or, possibly, a path to peace. As it turned out, Putin did neither. His war against Ukraine drags on.
But although this week failed to…
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