America’s Strategic Blindness
The recriminations over US spying activities have now reached fever pitch. But the current firestorm, like other recent US diplomatic crises, reflects a more fundamental problem: a lack of strategic vision in American foreign policy.
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MADRID – The recriminations over US spying activities, triggered by the revelations of the former American intelligence contractor Edward J. Snowden, have now reached fever pitch. Questions abound – about what President Barack Obama knew and when, about the legitimacy of eavesdropping on friendly foreign leaders’ conversations, about the future of transatlantic relations, and even about the meaning of the term “ally.”