Andrew Bacevich

Andrew Bacevich, a TomDispatch regular, is chairman and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. His new Dispatch book, On Shedding an Obsolete Past: Bidding Farewell to the American Century, has just been published. He is the author of America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History, which has just been published by Random House.

Recent articles by Andrew Bacevich

The compulsion to intervene why Washington underwrites violence in Ukraine

The compulsion to intervene why Washington underwrites violence in Ukraine

Allow me to come clean: I worry every time Max Boot vents enthusiastically about a prospective military action. Whenever thatWashington Postcolumnist professes optimism about some upcoming bloodletting, misfortune tends to follow. And as it happens, hes positively bullish about the prospect of Ukraine handing Russia a decisive defeat in its upcoming, widely anticipated, sure-to-happen-any-day-now spring counteroffensive.

Russias underperforming military- the same as the US military with disaster after disaster

Russias underperforming military- the same as the US military with disaster after disaster

In Washington, wide agreement exists that the Russian armys performance in the Kremlins ongoing Ukraine special military operation ranks somewhere between lousy and truly abysmal. The question is: Why? The answer in American policy circles, both civilian and military, appears all but self-evident.

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