Source: The American Conservative
by Ted Galen Carpenter
“U.S. officials continue to pursue some key foreign policy objectives that are utterly detached from reality. Such behavior perpetuates a trend that has characterized Washington’s behavior during much of the 20th century and into the 21st — and that has proved to be both embarrassing and counterproductive. Two egregious examples of such ‘magical’ thinking stand out: the belief that Ukraine can prevail militarily against Russia and the assumption that North Korea can be pressured to give up its nuclear weapons.” (11/03/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/americas-magical-thinking-on-ukraine-and-north-korea/