Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Nikolas K. Gvosdev, a senior editor at The National Interest, is a professor of national-security studies at the U.S. Naval War College. The views expressed are entirely his own.


Essays

Politics

Triumph of the New Wilsonism

| 01.04.12

No national interest was cited as a rationale for America's Libya campaign; the action was justified solely on humanitarian grounds. This marks a fundamental break with past U.S. policy prescriptions for such military interventions.

Security

Symposium: Great Powers in Wonderland

| 02.29.08

Whither American hegemony? A glimpse of the multipolar world to come.

Economics

Revisiting Iran

| 03.01.07

The United States must find new and innovative ways to avoid the trap of a dead-end policy towards Iran. A roundtable discussion.

Security

Ahead of the Curve: Roadmap Revival?

| 02.15.07

The way forward is to concentrate on solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which, because the many problems of the region are so interlinked, can create, in turn, momentum for dealing with the other regional disputes that feed it.

Security

Democrats, Irrelevant

| 11.10.06

In this election cycle, politicians eschew debate in favor of an all-things-to-all-people foreign policy posture with Democrats mostly offering a kinder, gentler version of the Bush strategy rather than any real alternatives.

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Reviews

FDR's Children

| 01.02.08

The Democratic rebirth of the virtue of FDR's realism.

Society

Return of the "Commie-Nazis"

| 04.19.07

Fascism did not die with Hitler and Mussolini in World War II. As recent events show, understanding what fascism means in the 21st century is a lesson worth learning. 

Security

Russia's Straight-Talk Express

| 06.01.04

Yevgeny Primakov hates to say "I told you so", but....

Commentary

Society

Resetting the Russian Reset in 2012

| 11.17.11

Washington-Moscow relations will change dramatically in 2012. The relationship's future is largely in Putin's hands.

Politics

No Putinism without Putin

| 09.26.11

Why the announcement of Vladimir Putin's nomination to succeed President Medvedev reveals fundamental weaknesses in Russia's political system—and bodes poorly for Obama.

Politics

A War by Any Other Name

| 07.06.11

The U.S. is at war with terror, drugs, poverty and al-Qaeda (but not Qaddafi). The president and Congress go to battle over the meaning of war.

Global Governance

Libya's Milosevic Moment

| 05.03.11

Air power is not enough to force Qaddafi out. Libya is beginning to look a lot like Kosovo.

Economics

Tripoli Today, Havana Tomorrow?

| 03.02.11

Castro may have survived the 1989 revolution wave. He is unlikely to make it a second time.

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