As Turkey faces growing economic trouble at home and divisions plague the regime’s factions while new regional partnerships are forming that further isolate Turkey.
Taiwan “is becoming the most dangerous flash point in the world for a possible war that involves the United States, China, and probably other major powers,” warns a new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) report.
Our war in Indochina shows that endless wars do end, though almost never in victory. But one of the least learned lessons of Vietnam is that a happy ending does not require victory.
Reassessing goals, a changing strategic environment, and shifts in domestic political opinion generally bring a halt to seemingly intractable conflicts.