A. Wess Mitchell

Essays

How to make our adversaries and allies offers they can’t refuse. As threats to U.S. dominance emerge, Washington is looking for a way to counter them. Neocons, liberals and realists all have their own ideas about that. Who will win out?

Commentary

Obama got a rapturous welcome as a candidate in Berlin. But will the Germans show him any love as president? It’s increasingly likely they might not.

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February 12, 2012