The Noun Doctrine: Why Governments Prefer Enemies That Can’t Surrender

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The noun doctrine begins with a simple truth: governments like enemies who can’t surrender. Armies can be defeated, treaties can be signed. We can even overthrow a regime 6,000 miles away from us if we put our minds (and enough borrowed money) to it. But poverty? Drugs? A virus? Those…

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