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By Choosing Arms Over Diplomacy, America Errs in Asia

The New York Times | International Herald Tribune 2011-12-15 Washington HAWKS on both sides of the Pacific greeted the Obama administration’s decision last month to fortify, rather than throttle back, America’s vast influence in East Asia as a defining moment in a looming confrontation between the United States and China. In the rush to militarize the world’s most important bilateral relationship, however, two questions have not been answered: Are the disputes that roil A...

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China “encircled by the United States.” Author interview on “The Jeff & Mike Show.

The Jeff & Mike Show, WSTL-FM, San Diego 2011-11-11 Click here to listen. (more...)

“The Pentagon does not want to lose control:” Author interview with PRI’s The World about State vs. Defense

Public Radio International 2011-11-3 Click here to listen. (more...)

Stephen Glain on US Militarism

The Browser 2011-6-11 American presidents may not want to send troops into battle or militarise foreign policy but, in the end, most of them do. The author and journalist explains how this happens, and why it’s not even the military that's to blame. (more...)

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Stephen Glain on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

The Nation 2011-8-26 Click here to listen. (more...)

State vs. Defense: An Interview with Stephen Glain

Small Wars Journal 2011-8-24 Building on the earlier works of Andrew Bacevich’s Washington Rules and Robert Kaplan’s Imperial Grunts, Stephen Glain’s State vs. Defense provides a thought provoking, compelling historical revision to United States Foreign Policy. Well researched, his findings demand consideration as we try to...

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