Is the democracy cure a panacea or a placebo?
The world may be getting ready to ally against us—and that’s not even the worst-case scenario.
TNI’s Justine A. Rosenthal sits down with World Bank Chief Robert Zoellick. On the agenda: dealing with failed states, making China a “responsible stakeholder” and rethinking international development.
Finding monsters under the bed and bogeymen in the closet. Why exaggerating the Iranian threat is bad for U.S. foreign policy.
The odds are against developing countries when it comes to trade. Social safeguards level the playing field.
Rhetoric aside, free trade can benefit everyone—if only countries were a little more open to the rules of the game.
Joseph Stiglitz and Gary Hufbauer
The road to a solution for America’s Iran problem runs through Moscow. How to think about the costs—and benefits.
A look at the absurd pronouncements of the political class from Salon’s Glenn Greenwald. Why do pundits get to be wrong all the time? From the May/June 2008 issue of The National Interest.