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.
Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire
English Summary
The article details how left-wing British intellectuals, notably members of the Cambridge Five, actively facilitated Soviet espionage for Stalin from 1934 to 1951, despite the regime’s brutality. Key evidence highlights that these spies maintained their devotion and operational capacity by exploiting lax security protocols and a trusting 'chapocracy' culture within British intelligence and diplomatic agencies. This systemic vulnerability allowed Moscow to gather critical information on Allied consultations, significantly aiding Stalin in shaping the post-war European order. The findings underscore how deep institutional trust deficits can undermine national security and geopolitical stability over decades.
中文摘要
本文詳述了左翼英國知識分子，特別是劍橋五人組（Cambridge Five）的成員，在1934年至1951年間，儘管面對政權的殘酷，仍積極為斯大林進行蘇聯間諜活動。關鍵證據指出，這些間諜透過利用英國情報和外交機構內鬆懈的安全協議以及一種信任過度的「伙友文化」（chapocracy culture），維持了他們的奉獻心和作戰能力。這種系統性的漏洞使得莫斯科得以收集關於盟國磋商的關鍵資訊，極大地協助斯大林塑造戰後歐洲秩序。這些研究結果強調，深層次的制度性信任赤字（institutional trust deficits）如何在數十年間削弱國家安全與地緣政治穩定。
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