Owen Harries

Essays

An End to Nonsense

| 11.01.01

An End to NonsenseByline: Owen HarriesSomeoneâ€"was it Nietzsche? Henry James? Lionel Trilling?â€"hasobserved that those who lack the imagination of disaster are doomedto be surprised by the world.

Society

Over and Out

| 06.01.01

Owen Harries announces his retirement as The National Interest's editor.

Security

The Anglosphere Illusion

| 03.01.01

The proponents of an English-speaking union have overlooked several important considerations--not least of which is national interest.

Society

A Letter from Wales

| 09.01.00

The economy is fine, but everything else in Britain is falling apart--and the English still can't understand the Welsh.

Security

A Year of Debating China

| 12.01.99

A review of a particularly acrimonious year in an ongoing debate.

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Reviews

Society

Summer Reading Guide

| 06.01.02

Summer reading suggestions from: Irving Kristol, Owen Harries, James Schlesinger, Samuel Huntington, Robert Tucker, Midge Decter, Michael Mandelbaum and others.

Commentary

Society

"Exporting Democracy"-and Getting It Wrong: Some Thoughts

| 04.23.03

Americans of all political persuasions believe profoundly that it is their right and duty-indeed their destiny-to promote freedom and democracy in the world.

Security

FACING REALITY IN INDONESIA

| 11.27.02

In a recent essay in Time magazine ("Dictatorships and Double Standards", September 23, 2002), Charles Krauthammer argued that the Bush Administration is correct to ally itself with authoritarian regimes in the struggle against international terroris

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