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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.

The Ethics of Realism

John C. Hulsman
Anatol Lieven
| Jun 01, 2005
Hans Morgenthau and Reinhold Niebuhr--the fathers of American realism--understood that good intentions do not excuse failure.

In the Tsunami's Wake

Anjalika Bardalai | Mar 01, 2005
It was a human tragedy, but not an economic disaster.

Liberal Realism: The Foundations of a Democratic Foreign Policy

G. John Ikenberry
Charles A. Kupchan
| Sep 01, 2004
The quickest way to end unipolarity is to pursue unilateralism. An America that obeys international rules will strengthen its foundation of power and preserve its advantage.

In Defense of Democratic Realism

Charles Krauthammer | Sep 01, 2004
What distinguishes "democratic globalism" --the target of Francis Fukuyama's attack-- from the author's own "democratic realism"?  The second chooses its battles more carefully.

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