Kennan
Americannoun
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Atlanticists in the US, like Harry Truman and George Kennan - the diplomat who came up with the idea of containing the Soviet Union - believed those commitments were in America's interests.
From BBC
Jaron is a junior wide receiver and Kennan a junior safety.
From Los Angeles Times
“In Wallance’s bracing narrative, Kennan emerges as a cheerful, deeply decent companion, an uncompromising observer whose greatest strength was his ability to change his mind.”
From New York Times
Kennan’s “tectonic plate” paradigm recognizes multiple kinds of actors, and therefore non-zero-sum outcomes are possible: everyone can be better or worse off.
From Salon
With no George Kennan to send a “long telegram,” which the then-diplomat to Moscow did in 1946, laying out Soviet intentions and urging the first strategy of containment, we’re left wondering about constructive steps forward.
From Seattle Times
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