Middle East Notes and Comment: Games Kids Play

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As the United States celebrates its 234th birthday, we should consider an important question: What if the United States were acting like a two-year-old?

A two-year-old’s principal characteristic is that they not only assume that the world revolves around them, but also that everyone’s actions are a response to their own actions and desires. During a recent war game in the Washington suburbs in which I participated, the two-year-old hypothesis reared its head.

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Jon B. Alterman

Jon B. Alterman

Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program

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