Authors: Paul D. Miller, Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention, and Michael Cohen
July/August 2012
Foreign Affairs
Given the threats it faces, from nuclear-armed autocracies to terrorists, the United States cannot afford to scale back its military, argues Paul Miller. Micah Zenko and Michael Cohen reply that the danger of these challenges is vastly exaggerated and that an overly militarized foreign policy has not made the country safer.
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