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Sloppy geopolitical thinking in afghanistan exposed by Doug Moench’s compare and contrast questions 0

“Compare and contrast” questions often highlight errors in thinking and policy Hidden and unanalyzed assumptions cause policy errors that kill people.  (I have written more about this here.) Good lawyers often expose sloppy thinking by comparing and contrasting similar situations that have, nevertheless, been treated completely differently in practice. Before embarking on policy-making, one should ask [...]