A well-known foreign policy expert says Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s effort to avoid escalation in actually having the opposite effect. Political writer Ben Domenech says Blinken is committed to avoiding escalation in all foreign conflict. But he says that very mindset is making things worse. Domenech says just as in medicine so in military conflict, […]
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Ben Domenech: Blinken Making Things Worse By Avoiding Escalation At All Costs
A well-known foreign policy expert says Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s effort to avoid escalation in actually having the opposite effect. Political writer Ben Domenech says Blinken is committed to avoiding escalation in all foreign conflict. But he says that very mindset is making things worse. Domenech says just as in medicine so in military conflict, zero escalation is often not an option.