Amitai Etzioni

Amitai Etzioni served as a senior advisor to the Carter White House; taught at Columbia University, Harvard and The University of California at Berkeley; and is a university professor and professor of international relations at The George Washington University. His latest book is Hot Spots: American Foreign Policy in a Post-Human-Rights World.

Essays

Security

The Folly of Nation Building

| 06.28.12

War is costly. Nation building is costlier. And nation-building projects almost never succeed, as this analysis demonstrates.

Security

Rethinking the Pakistan Plan

| 01.04.12

U.S.-Pakistani relations are in crisis. Strategic fear of India prevents Pakistan from bending to U.S. demands. Easing India-Pakistan tensions could change the dynamics of the U.S.-Pakistan alliance.

Security

Plan Z for Iraq

| 11.01.07

A community-based security approach for the land of the two rivers.

Society

A Conversation Continued: Debating Democracy

| 07.01.07

In the opening round of an exchange on democracy promotion that will continue over the coming weeks, five TNI authors examine themes and questions raised in Paul Saunders's essay.

Security