Our adversaries are not amateurs. They are patient state actors who understand delay as strategy. Putin believes he gains leverage every night his drones hit Ukraine’s power grid. Iran understands that running out the clock is sometimes more valuable than winning the room. The American side is experimenting with warmth, enthusiasm, and transactional energy, plus the occasional aircraft carrier in the Red Sea. - Mary Geddry
Governance by Subtraction
Peace talks without peace, elections without guardrails, climate policy without science and a ballroom that won’t shrink.
(marygeddry.com)


