Prioritize ruthlessly; thwart near-term breakthroughs that can have devastating long-term effects. Be strategically deliberate and tactically agile; don’t make the perfect the enemy of the good. Firm up the defense by playing some offense; take prudent risks but not unduly provocative ones. Think of danger-zone strategy as something that helps you win in the future by avoiding disaster in the here and now. These insights from an earlier era are again becoming very relevant. The United States can’t simply go back to the Cold War playbook for every policy: Run away from anyone who tries to tell
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