The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
D. D. Kosambi: One Life, Many Worlds
English Summary
The review highlights D. D. Kosambi as a prime example of modern India's deep, cosmopolitan intellectual tradition. Kosambi's life demonstrates a rare mastery across disparate fields—from advanced mathematics and statistics to Sanskrit, genetics, and historical activism. His career serves as evidence that India's intellectual life is characterized by a profound interdisciplinary synthesis, where rigorous academic inquiry intersects with social and political engagement. For analysts, this suggests that understanding the region requires appreciating this complex intellectual depth, which often shapes cultural and political thought more profoundly than current policy debates alone.
中文摘要
本綜述以D. D. Kosambi為例證，闡述了印度現代社會深厚且世界化的知識傳統。Kosambi的生平展現了其跨越多個看似不相關領域的罕見精湛造詣，涵蓋了高等數學、統計學、梵語、遺傳學以及歷史行動主義等。其職業生涯證明了印度的知識生活具有深層的跨學科綜合特徵，其中嚴謹的學術探究與社會及政治參與相互交織。對於分析人士而言，這表明要理解該地區，必須體認其複雜的知識深度，這種深度往往比單純的當前政策辯論更能深刻地塑造文化和政治思維。
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