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Worst Laid Plans: Foreign Policy Is Politics / Simon Waxman

Apr 25 2023
Politicians who are running these large, powerful states are engaging in these wars of choice--I don't think that they have chosen them on behalf of the citizens of the states that are being assaulted.

Simon Waxman talks about his Baffler article, "Worst Laid Plans: Foreign Politics is politics." Waxman is a senior editor with the Harvard University Press and his writing has been published by the Washington Post, Boston Globe, New Republic, LA Review of Books, Democracy Journal, the Baffler, and others.

 

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Simon Waxman

Simon Waxman a writer and editor working across areas of the humanities, sciences, and arts. He is a senior editor with the Harvard University Press and was previously managing editor of Boston Review.

His writing has been published by the Washington Post, Boston GlobeNew RepublicLA Review of Books, Democracy Journal, the Baffler, and others.

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