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A Realist Rally

Leslie H. Gelb | Sep 03, 2008
As featured in the IHT: Realism can lead the way out of our foreign-policy shambles. But first the camp’s heavyweights need to bridge the partisan

Bad Tidings

Sherri W. Goodman
Paul J. Kern
| Jan 02, 2008
In his article "What Resource Wars?" David Victor argued that the threat of resource wars is exaggerated. Sherri Goodman and Paul Kern take him to task.

Agreeing to Agree (and Disagree)

Robert J. Art | May 01, 2007
China’s rise will inevitably increase Sino-American competition, but delineating common areas of agreement between Beijing and Washington could arrest tensions.

Beyond American Hegemony

Michael Lind | May 01, 2007
The United States should abandon its futile attempt to secure global hegemony in favor of a concert-of-power foreign-policy strategy.

What Hobbes Really Said

Noel Malcolm | Sep 01, 2005
Life in the state of nature may be "nasty, brutish and short," but states are not people, and Hobbes is not the ultra-realist he is made out to be.

The Case for 'Integration'

Richard N. Haass | Sep 01, 2005
You can't beat everyone. Make them join you.
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Commentary

Russia's Push to the West

Anatol Lieven | Sep 19, 2010
Moscow wants to plan for unexpected crises. Is Washington listening?

Russia's Lonely Liberals

Paul J. Saunders | Sep 16, 2010
Russia's liberals may feel left out and abused, but poking Moscow in the eye won't help their cause.

Resetting Democracy

Paul J. Saunders | Jul 22, 2010
The only people who can push Russia toward democracy are Russians.
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Books & Reviews

The Soviet Abroad

Anatol Lieven | Aug 25, 2009
A book by former–Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov gives an insider’s account of espionage and intrigue in the Middle East.

Doctrinal Faith

Colin Dueck | May 01, 2007
Unflinching loyalty to the Bush Doctrine leads Robert Kaufman astray in his study of American foreign policy—and Truman, Reagan and Bush do not make a three-of-kind.

The Best Defense

Barry R. Posen | Mar 01, 2002
Can John Mearsheimer's analysis of "offensive realism" explain or guide U.S. foreign policy? Better, perhaps, than the author realizes.
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