Phil W Reynolds

Phil W Reynolds

Phil W. Reynolds has a PhD in Political Science, is a visiting scholar at the Center for Futures Studies at the University of Hawaii and is the author of Ouroboros: Understanding the War Machine of Liberalism. His new book Less Than War: Security Assistance and South Vietnam, 1956-1962, is due out in 2021.

ASIA

Phil W ReynoldsJanuary 9, 2021
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The gray zone versus great power competition

Can the U.S. Department of Defense do two things at once, operating in the gray zone and in great power…
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ASIA

Phil W ReynoldsAugust 28, 2019
7,281

Economics drives the great power rivalry between the United States and China

By Phil W. Reynolds There is less to worry about with Chinese expansion than recent headlines would suggest. Foreign Affairs, the American…
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ASIA

Phil W ReynoldsAugust 9, 2019
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U.S. grand strategy is alive and well; the evidence is happening all around us

By Phil W. Reynolds Sometimes the best grand strategy is to do less. The recent arguments that the U.S. is lacking…
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MIDDLE EAST

Phil W ReynoldsJuly 6, 2019
9,076

Political Science 101: Prosperity does lead to peace

By Dr. Phil W. Reynolds A political analyst in Gaza lamented: “All we have is our moral power.” This after Mahmoud Abbas claimed…
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ASIA

Phil W ReynoldsJune 18, 2019
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A return to foreign aid Realpolitik: the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

By Phil W. Reynolds China is winning the influence war in Asia, and to understand its strategy, one only has…
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AMERICAS

Phil W ReynoldsSeptember 20, 2018
9,246

NATO forgets all politics are local

By Phil W. Reynolds All politics are local, even for the leader of the world’s superpower. NATO angst over Donald Trump’s…
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ASIA

Phil W ReynoldsDecember 5, 2017
1 5,907

Coercing North Korea

By Phil W. Reynolds This past week, North Korea conducted its most successful ICBM test to date, with its Hwasong-15 missile…
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