AnalysisAsiaDiplomacyFeaturesGlobal IssuesNorth AmericaPoliticsSecurityWorld
The Roots of Washington’s Addiction to Military Force
And How China’s Rise Could Constrain American Interventionism
Over time, the United States has become comfortable using greater levels of force abroad.
- Monica Duffy Toft and Sidita Kushi
- Foreign Affairs
This was not the case at the country’s inception: in the first eras of statehood, the United States engaged minimally outside North America, as many of its conflicts related to defending its borders, the frontier wars, and westward expansion.
The United States’ involvement in World War I and World War II ushered Washington into global leadership and much greater global engagement.
After the Cold War and…