Patrick Porter

Patrick Porter is Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham and Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute. He also tweets at @PatPorter76

The President is no isolationist

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There were no good options for the U.S. in August 1945

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Australia cannot always depend on its allies for sufficient support

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Does it make sense to go hard if there is no final victory?

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Guilt by association is just stupid politics

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We need a foreign policy that accepts the dark facts of international life

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Students should be careful not to underestimate the value of academic study

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Britain and its allies should be wholly realistic about what they are truly prepared to do

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We have to make our threats of retaliation seem more credible

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A prudent fear of the unpredictability of war has been the touchstone of realist thinkers

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