Stephen Sestanovich. Maximalist.

Stephen Sestanovich was one of the architects of the NATO enlargement, which turned the US into a real Empire with a typical set of imperial obligations. As all neocons and euro-atlanticists (as if there is any other remaining political thought in the US), after the failure of Iraq adventure and in the absence of support to invasion of Iran, he advocates bullying Russia into submission or war (Third time the chance!).

In essence, this is a Cargo Cult thinking--the Cold War was, in neocon mythology, a resounding success, rather than expensive and tenuous balancing on the precipice--so that if neocons retrace the steps they will arrive at ultimate victory. Sestanovich advocates a return to the Cold War posture and Bush vintage "preventive wars", which were not, by the way, the part of the Cold War strategy. Yet, in 1945 US owned ~60% of world economy, were about two decades ahead of all world in high technology, etc. etc. Finally, during the Cold War most First World and Third World elites viewed Soviet-based Communism as the main enemy and US policy goals as beneficial. While, now in Western Europe there is still a generation of politicians (Merkel, etc.) with nostalgic Americanism, rational calculations of their elites involve following in America's path less and less.

To a pity, American policy makers if they read something read nothing else than neocon pamphlets.