Biden, Blinken and the Blob
politics Matthew Laurence politics Matthew Laurence

Biden, Blinken and the Blob

oe Biden said one of the first things he will do as President is calling other world leaders and say, "America's back, you can count on us." What Biden means by back is that the bipartisan consensus on American foreign policy is back. That is to say, the blob is back.

(Photo: Staff Sergeant Chris Hubenthal | Department of Defense)

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The Population-Centric COIN
politics Giulia Miraglia politics Giulia Miraglia

The Population-Centric COIN

COIN is a specific way of doing counterinsurgency that excludes the use of brute force against civilians. he doctrine of counter-insurgency or COIN had been rediscovered around 2006 by the American military as a tool to rescue the failing Iraq and Afghanistan occupations.

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