Academia Articles

Why the Gap Matters

Eliot A. Cohen | Sep 01, 2000

Bridging the gap between military officers and their civilian counterparts will be no easy task. Yet the stakes are too high to comtemplate failure.

The French Position

Philip H. Gordon | Sep 01, 2000

The French, believe it or not, have their reasons for being so quarrelsome with the United States.

A Skeptical Conservative

Neil McInnes | Sep 01, 2000

Rationalism and politics is a combustible mixture. We know this from history. Oakeshott knew it all along.

Keeping the Coast Guard Afloat

Colin S. Gray | Jun 01, 2000

The fifth armed service is sinking. A proposal to rescue it.

Culture Matters

Lawrence E. Harrison | Jun 01, 2000

As unacceptable as the notion is to many in a relativistic age, culture is a--if not the--determining factor in the economic progress of countries.

Living With a New Europe

| Jun 01, 2000

The challenge posed to the United States by the European Union is seriously exaggerated--and this is particularly true of the proposal for an all-European defense force. Daniel Vermet, Christoph Bertram and Timothy Garton Ash respond.

Putin's Precursors

Laurent Murawiec | Jun 01, 2000

In Russia, Modernization and Westernization are hardly one and the same thing. Persistent attempts to achieve the former while avoiding the latter have been a majpr source of Russian repression.

Tainted Transactions: An Exchange

| Jun 01, 2000

Jeffrey Sachs, Anders Aslund, Marek Dabrowski, Peter Reddaway, Igor Aristov, Wayne Merry, Michael Hudson, Daivd Ellerman, Steven Rosefielde, Janine Wedel

Nyerere: A Flawed Hero

R.W. Johnson | Jun 01, 2000

To acknowledge that Nyerere was better than most African leaders of his generation amounts to only modest praise. His record was a decidedly mixed one.

Germany's Illiberal Fictions

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jun 01, 2000

From Thomas Mann to Günter Grass, German novelists have for years provided the outside world with an insight into their country's political culture. It's not a pretty picture.

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