USSC visiting scholar and senior fellow Charles Edel and Hal Brands write for The National Interest that the US founding fathers had a tragic mindset that determined the bounds of the republic they set up; a tragic mindset that is harder to see in the US leaders of today.
The article draws on their forthcoming book, The Return of Tragedy.
The True Danger to America's Democracy
Commentary by
Dr Charles Edel
Senior Adviser and Australia ChairCenter for Strategic and International Studies