Robert Haddick published an essay in Foreign Policy which suggests that the US is not militarily prepared to defend its interests in the Persian Gulf. It is a provocative essay and one that deserves careful analysis and thought. There are a number of assumptions within the essay that are not fully spelled out (“In contrast with Jerusalem, Washington views Iran as a distant and manageable problem”–is the US and Israeli national interest exactly the same with respect to Iran? Should it be?). Read it carefully and ask questions as you do.
Nationalism plays a big role in world politics, and the issue of group identity, while well understood in some ways, remains an elusive one. An experiment conducted in the 1950s (The “Robbers Cave Experiment”) sheds some fascinating light on the dynamics of group identity.
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