By Dimitri K. Simes

Politics

Obama's Reckless Grandstanding

| 10.04.13

By failing to build domestic support for his policies, the president laid the groundwork for the present crisis.

Security

Beware Collusion of China, Russia

| 06.25.13

U.S. policies have created a risk of pushing two great powers together.

Security

Beijing and Moscow, Friends Again

| 03.26.13

Growing Sino-Russian ties could threaten global stability.

Politics

Leading Blindly across a Minefield

| 01.02.13

The international system is at a transformative moment. Yet President Obama has failed to set a direction for America.

Politics

Romney for President

| 11.01.12

The National Interest endorses the Republican candidate.

Politics

Let Romney Be Romney

| 10.22.12

How Governor Romney could deprive President Obama of his pretense of global leadership.

Politics

Morality Play Instead of Policy

| 08.22.12

International trends have become less favorable to the United States. This national vacation from serious foreign-policy analysis in the political arena is both ill timed and dangerous.

Society

Obama and the GOP on Foreign Policy: Reactive vs. Frivolous

| 12.30.11

After Obama’s nearly three years in office, it’s hard to find a single area where he was able to significantly advance U.S. national interests.

Society

Terror's Slippery Slope

| 09.09.11

America has much to be proud of in its response to 9/11. Continuing to move forward will require vigilance and restraint.

Economics

Foreign-Policy Failure

| 08.24.11

Obama’s foreign-policy decisions—from provoking Islamabad to two-timing Beijing to alienating Moscow—lack the strategic long-term thinking the U.S. needs. Hypocrisy and incoherence rule.

Society

An Announcement from the Publisher

| 03.14.11

The National Interest's publisher has changed its name.

Politics

Urge Restraint with Restraint

| 03.01.11

Gorbachev’s experience should sound a cautionary note for other authoritarian regimes now under pressure.

Security

Throwing an Ally Off a Cliff

| 02.14.11

Barack Obama is not a foreign policy president. Just look at how he handled Egypt.

Security

START of a Pyrrhic Victory?

| 12.23.10

New START is a step forward in U.S. Russian relations. Will it be worth the side effects?

Security

Don't Rush START

| 07.28.10

The dialogue between the administration and the Senate on America’s nuclear force is too important to be hurried along.

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