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Barack Obama

The Myth of a Moderate Obama

The president is no pragmatic centrist. In fact, he has the most expansive and leftist vision in the history of the presidency.

Leading Blindly across a Minefield

The international system is at a transformative moment. Yet President Obama has failed to set a direction for America.

Morality Play Instead of Policy

International trends have become less favorable to the United States. This national vacation from serious foreign-policy analysis in the political arena is both ill timed and dangerous.

Getting Latin America Right

Obama has an opportunity to revitalize U.S. relations with its neighbors to the south.

Conservative Nation

Declarations of conservatism's demise after the 2008 election were greatly exaggerated. As the opposition, American conservatives are in their element—can they draw upon their intellectual tradition to solve what ails America?

Transatlantic Troubles

America need not restore the bygone, comprehensive relationship with Europe to achieve its purposes.

Commentary

Xi Enjoyed Upper Hand

In his meetings with President Obama, the Chinese leader knew his own political position was more solid.

Rice Fits in Obama's Proud Tower

The new national-security adviser will not change the president's approach.

Big Potential From Obama-Xi Talks

Friday's summit in California could yield more results than usual.

Blogs

The Susan Rice Disaster

Picking the easily-attacked UN representative to succeed Hillary Clinton would amplify the crisis in the national-security establishment.

Obama's October Surprise: Bombing Iran

Are the neocons on the verge of capturing Obama?

Mitt Romney's Cunning Foreign-Policy Speech

The GOP candidate must turn away from the neocons and focus on the economy to beat Obama.

Books & Reviews

Pax Californica

America has at times oriented itself to the East, at others to the West. But what we have always had is a sense of our manifest destiny. And now the ideals of California—nihilism with a suntan—seem to be our primary ideological export.

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June 19, 2013