The Buffer State
Why America’s Foreign Policy Machine Can’t Change Course
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Why does U.S. foreign policy stay stuck even when Washington knows its prioritieshave changed? As China becomes the central long-term challenge, the United States remains heavily committed to the Middle East and Europe, and the machinery of American foreign policy is built to move slowly.
In this episode of Buffer State, Sasha Stern, Reid Smith, and Chart Westcott sit down with Christopher S.…