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A Wild Imagination?

In the United States we dismiss those who tell us that our actions will have consequences.

Global Parallels: Proportionate Governance for Increased Commerce

The economy functions in the same way the video image and soundtrack combine to form a movie.

The Transatlantic Dialogue in The National Interest

The transatlantic dialogue remains one of the premier issues for discussion in the pages of The National Interest and its weekly online supplement, In the National Interest.

Terrorism, Missile Defense and Arms Control

In August 2001, a former chief terrorism expert at the Department of State wrote in the New York Times that the Bush Administration was obsessed with terrorism and using it to persuade the American people to build missile defenses.

Reagan Was Right About Ballistic Missiles

Historians sifting through President Ronald Reagan's papers may find no subject as riveting or controversial as his policies on nuclear weapons and arms control.

When Judgment is Sacrificed to Opinion: Israel's Likud Referendum

On November 3, 1774, upon his election to represent the city of Bristol in the House of Commons, Edmund Burke decided to clarify a few things to his constituents.

Flip-Flops on Iraq

Coming up to the first anniversary of President Bush declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, U.

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May 26, 2012