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January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Bruce Straight

The true legacy of the Cold War

This is the second in a series of slightly longer posts drawing on some of my academic work. Following up on my last post, here I examine how post Cold War hubris has laid the groundwork for current Europe nationalism and xenophobia. When the Berlin Wall fell, neoconservative policy makers in the West broke into … Continue reading The true legacy of the Cold War

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Bruce Straight

The Cold War wasn’t all that cold

In the next few blogs I am going to shorten up and break into blog sized bits some of the papers I completed this past semester. The blogs will be a little longer than usual, but I think they are well worth reading. Here is a first installment about the Cold War. Let me know … Continue reading The Cold War wasn’t all that cold

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 Bruce Straight

The real Lost Generation

We live in an age of journalistic exaggeration. Most of this hyperbole I let slide with a slight eye roll or sigh, but somethings really get my dander up. One recent over amplification that has been causing me to spew my morning coffee over the op-ed page are the spate of columnists referring to current … Continue reading The real Lost Generation

September 7, 2020 Bruce Straight

Should I stay or should I go?

I celebrated my birthday on the weekend. It was great. There was cake. Cake is good. Birthdays are a time for contemplation (at least at my age). What’s been good so far? What’s been less good? What have I achieved? What lies ahead? Blah, blah, blah … They are also an opportunity to reflect on … Continue reading Should I stay or should I go?

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