Henry Farrell finds himself surprised to see "so little of the usual bombast" in the recent Phoenix Initiative report from CNAS. In general, I think it's a pretty remarkable document for typifying how the boundaries of what counts as a mainstream view have shifted over the past few years in a very positive direction. It's been, at times, a frustrating process but there are real result.

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