Summary: Steve's new book, The Hell of Good Intentions ... Steve: "Liberal hegemony" has been almost a complete failure ... Why foreign policy watchers were so optimistic in 1993 ... Bill Clinton's foreign policy blunders: Expansion of NATO and "dual containment" of Iran and Iraq ... Steve: Within the foreign policy establishment, failure has no consequences and dissent is punished ... How both Obama and Trump were captured by the foreign policy "blob" ... Why are so many think tanks interventionist? ... Steve's proposal for a smarter foreign policy: "offshore balancing" ...
