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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty
podcastIs Venezuela the Return of Regime Change? with Michael Brendan DoughertyHow Washington’s pressure campaign fits into a larger pattern of uncertainty in current U.S. policyThe Next Foreign MisadventureTrump’s pressure campaign against Maduro has failed on its own terms. Why do we want more of it?It Isn’t Always 1939The Trump-Putin summit in Alaska isn’t a WWII retread.In Defense of Travel TeamsTravel baseball and the dance mom circuit drain the wallets and time of suburban families. But I’m not going to stop taking part.