Caucasus

Ennui Becomes Us

Randall L. Schweller | Dec 16, 2009

Chaos and randomness abound. The increasing disorder of our world will lead to a sort of global ennui mixed with a disturbingly large dose of individual extremism and dogmatic posturing by states.

Russian Roulette

Dimitri K. Simes | Oct 30, 2008

The current conversations of the American political class are frighteningly similar to past black-and-white misinterpretations of fundamental foreign-policy decisions.

Saved by NATO?

Paul J. Saunders | Sep 05, 2008

Admitting Georgia to the NATO club wouldn't have prevented the recent crisis in the region, and could have even made it worse.

Voting Blind

Justine A. Rosenthal

Dimitri K. Simes

| Sep 03, 2008

John McCain and Barack Obama are busily offering foreign-policy platitudes on the campaign trail, mostly about spreading freedom, working with allies and hunting down terrorists. But what exactly would they do if elected? Digging ourselves out of

For God, King and Country

Michael Howard | Sep 02, 2008

Over the centuries, the causes and justifications for war have evolved. But we remain caught in a Westphalian mindset, even though the nature of today’s substate threats demands an altogether-different mentality and a new breed of soldier—or at le