A nation must think before it acts.
Francis P. Sempa is an attorney, an adjunct professor of political science at Wilkes University, and a contributing editor to American Diplomacy. He is the author ofGeopolitics: From the Cold War to the 21st Century (Transaction Publishers, 2002) andAmerica’s Global Role: Essays and Reviews on National Security, Geopolitics and War(Rowman and Littlefield, 2009).