I grew up in the 1990s — forget about being politically conscious, I had no interest in foreign policy or world affairs until 9/11 happened. I hated reading. I was terrified of reading. My parents would implore me, “Please Ali, read a book, take some interest in the outside world. But I never really felt a sense of compulsion to do so because America was buffered by two oceans — violence happened over there. It didn’t happen here. War happened over there. It didn’t happen here. America was dominant. Essentially the debate during the 1990s was what do we do with this preponderant inheritance of power?
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- is_single_v1True to his promise, on the first day of Donald Trump’s second term as president, he pardoned more than 1,500 people charged in connection with the attack at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — an event many observers accuse him of instigating. He also commuted the sentences of the six organizers of the riot,[...]
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ali wyne rand foreign policy analyst
I grew up in the 1990s -- forget about being politically conscious, I had no interest in foreign policy or world affairs until 9/11 happened. I hated reading. I was terrified of reading. My parents would implore me, “Please Ali, read a book, take some interest in the outside world. But I never really felt a sense of compulsion to do so because America was buffered by two oceans -- violence happened over there. It didn't happen here. War happened over there. It didn't happen here. America was dominant. Essentially the debate during the 1990s was what do we do with this preponderant inheritance of power?
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