Texas National Security Review

Volume 9, Issue 4 of the Texas National Security Review is now available! This issue tackles complex challenges at the intersection of history, strategy, and statecraft.

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Is war between the US and China inevitable, or are strategists falling for the "Thucydides Trap" trap?

Joshua Hammond explains why returning to the original Greek text provides a more nuanced takeaway.

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Are we oversimplifying ancient strategy?

On our latest podcast, Dr. Robert Stone and Cmdr. Joshua Hammond describe how a nuanced reading of Thucydides yields vital, practical insights for contemporary strategy.

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How did 1990s partisan politics recast George H. W. Bush as a realist?

As @HelfontSamuel explains on Horns of a Dilemma, the narrative that Clinton invented "nation-building" while Bush was a strict realist ignores history.

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Was George H. W. Bush a hard-nosed realist or a prudent liberal internationalist? Dr. Samuel Helfont (@HelfontSamuel) challenges conventional wisdom and unpacks the myth vs. memory of Bush 41’s foreign policy.

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