Academia Articles

Achieving Oil Security: A Practical Proposal

Martin Feldstein | Nov 01, 2001

The key to U.S. energy security does not lie ultimately in the Middle East. Cutting domestic demand is critical to near-term American success--and it can be done without raising taxes.

A Strange War

Eliot A. Cohen | Nov 01, 2001

The semantic contest to define the conflict that began, or rather became manifest, on September 11 started immediately: Would it be crime or war?

An End to Nonsense

Owen Harries | Nov 01, 2001

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.

The Long Goodbye

Neil McInnes | Jun 01, 2001

Ten years after its death, communism's elegists--Eric Hobsbawn chief among them--have yet to give up the ghost.

Blair's 'Ethical' Policy

Robin Harris | Mar 01, 2001

Over four centuries, British foreign policy based on national interest has served the country well. Now its greatest threat may be the moral pretensions of Messrs. Blair and Cook.

Their Gilded Age--and Ours

Fouad Ajami | Mar 01, 2001

What would the titans of the Gilded Age say about the revolutionary effects of the New Economy and the globalization on world affairs? We've been here before.

Getting Hegemony Right

G. John Ikenberry | Mar 01, 2001

If it is to avoid global resentment and ward off potentially hostile coalitions, the United States must continue to ensure that others have a stake in its hegemonic system.