Two researchers compiled data on U.S. military interventions from 1776 to 2019. Here's what they learned.

Guests:

• Monica Toft, professor of international politics and the director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy;
• And Sidita Kushi, assistant professor of political science at Bridgewater State University.

Their Foreign Affairs essay, "The Roots of Washington's Addiction to Military Force: And How China's Rise Could Constrain American Interventionism," was published in January.