U.S. foreign affairs agencies are ill-prepared for the next great-power war, and no one is talking about it. Unfortunately, recent reports seem to take crisis diplomacy or alliance maintenance for granted. Most commentary does not examine the U.S. government’s institutional inability to match military strength with civilian. In part as a result of this failure, last year the National Defense Strategy Commission “came away with a troubling sense that civilian voices were relatively muted on issues at the center of U.S. defense and national security policy, undermining the concept of civilian control.” While this finding focused on the Department of Defense, the same holds true across the departments and agencies involved in foreign affairs that do and will work alongside the U.S. military.
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WNU Editor: From what I read and see, the answer is no to the question on U.S. diplomats being ready for the next great-power war. In the case of Russia, there has been some public remarks from the Kremlin on fears of another major war, but there has been no preparation from the foreign office for it. In the case of China President Xi has been very blunt, prepare for war .... ‘Prepare for war’, Xi Jinping tells military region that monitors South China Sea, Taiwan (SCMP).
USPost Offices abroad manned by anti Trump bureaucrats. Write them off as the enemy.
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