Tom's new story is up on the Esquire website. It's called State of the World and it's must reading. Here are the contents:

Iran: The Coming Distraction

Middle East: The Big Bang Theory

Globalization: Life During Wartime

Al Qaeda: The Global Brand

Iraq: The Quagmire

Long War: The Theater-After-Next

Defense Department: The New Coin of the Realm

War on Terror: The Legal Underpinnings

Afghanipakistan: The Ungovernable

China: The Slated Near-Peer

North Korea: The Persistent Outlier

White House: The Bush Imperative

Rising East: The Degree of Compliance

Aging West: The State of Alliance

All the Rest: Other Complications

The Wildest Card: 2008

Enjoy!