We are living through a genuinely revolutionary moment in American foreign policy. Not rhetorical revolution. Not partisan exaggeration. A real break from the post–World War II order that has structured U.S. engagement with the world for nearly eight decades.
What makes this moment so dangerous - and so consequential - is not just what the United States is doing, but how fast we are doing it, and how little strategic planning seems to accompany the shock-and-awe of decision-making.
To make sense of where we are, and where we may be heading, this episode of Making Sense of the World walks us through the strategic whiplash we’re in and five ways to frame our thinking about this confounding moment.
1. The Deliberate Dismantling of the Postwar Order
2. Iran: A Regime Under Siege from Its Own People
3. Trump’s Ultimatums and America’s Credibility Trap
4. The Venezuela Warning: Regime Change Without a Day After
5. A Democratic Alternative: Legitimacy, Not Lone Action
All this and more, right here on The Siren Network.
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