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
Australia Chair and Senior AdviserCenter for Strategic and International Studies