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Richard W. Coughlin

Richard W. Coughlin

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The Carter Doctrine and the Limits of Liminal Conflict in the Persian Gulf

The crisis in the Persian Gulf is not only a geopolitical rupture but a potential inflection point in the organization of the global political...

02.04.2026 80

E-International

Richard W. Coughlin

Opinion – Why American Military Power No Longer Produces Security

A series of hawkish New York Times editorials have focused on US military capacity while ignoring democratic legitimacy.

29.01.2026 90

E-International

Richard W. Coughlin

Opinion – Trump’s Spectacle of Domination in Venezuela

If drug enforcement were the operative concern in Trump’s calculus, Venezuela would barely register.

06.01.2026 70

E-International

Richard W. Coughlin

Opinion – The Poverty of Rational Trumpism

Rational Trumpism is the intellectual face of a collapsing order that still believes it deserves to rule the world.

01.11.2025 50

E-International

Richard W. Coughlin

Opinion – Rethinking the China Challenge

The central task is not merely to outcompete China, but to reimagine power in a world of environmental limits and democratic erosion.

27.06.2025 30

E-International

Richard W. Coughlin