There is a real danger for foreign policy advisors and analysts – and especially those they serve – when they are in a bubble, an echo chamber, and all of their conclusions are based on faulty inputs...
"We have had two phases so far. 1 is first discovery followed by total silence... 2 is damage control, and deflecting all blame from the Party. We are now in phase 3..."
What will happen when a majority of citizens in the world’s leading democracy, its largest economy, and mightiest military, lose faith in its very foundation?