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Republican Reckoning

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jun 23, 2009
Mismanaged for eight years by the Bush administration, the Republican Party is in peril. Neoconservative table scraps are neither appropriate nor wise. But the GOP has another foreign-policy tradition to which it can turn. Presidents from Eisenhow

Brussels Unbound

Jeffrey L. Cimbalo | Jun 01, 2006
The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

Goodbye To Berlin?

Walter Russell Mead | Mar 01, 2004
A declining Germany gets no respect from Red State America--yet it wants a veto over U.S. policy. Surrendering this conceit is the first step back toward influence.

Selling America--Short

Jeffrey Gedmin
Craig Kennedy
| Dec 01, 2003
America's public diplomacy stinks. It's time to learn some lessons from the Cold War.

Scoring the Iraq Aftermath

Michael O'Hanlon
Adriana Lin de Albuquerque
| Dec 01, 2003
How to measure real progress--or lack thereof--in Iraq.

Today's Electric Power Grids

Greg Aliff
Branko Terzic
| Dec 01, 2003
On August 14th, blackouts crippled the Canadian province of Ontario and the eastern United States, making it the largest power failure in American history: over 50 million people and more than 9,300 square miles were affected.
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Commentary

Cut Defense Spending

Lawrence J. Korb
Christopher A. Preble
| Jun 16, 2010
We’re breaking the bank. America can’t afford to defend the world any longer.

Europe Doesn't Matter

Doug Bandow | Feb 10, 2010
The EU doesn’t have a united foreign policy and its member countries are downsizing their militaries. Why are Europeans surprised no one pays attention to them?

Luck of the Irish

Doug Bandow | Aug 24, 2009
An upcoming referendum in Ireland could derail the Lisbon Treaty. But even if it passes, the EU is still split on the issue of political integration.
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Blogs

Military-Industrial Complex, APSA Edition, Part II

Christopher A. Preble | Sep 02, 2011
Why restoring fiscal sanity must be the next goal of America's truest believers.

Promoting Peace on Veterans Day

Benjamin H. Friedman | Nov 11, 2010

Books & Reviews

Wuthering Ike

Martin Walker | Feb 29, 2008
A review of Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda.

Field Marshal McNamara

Andrew J. Bacevich | May 01, 2007
Managing the Pentagon and managing wars are two different things, a lesson Robert McNamara learned the hard way.

FDR's Legacy

Martin Walker | Dec 01, 2003
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a great president.  Is Conrad Black a great biographer?

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